What would a nurse expect to find in an assessment of a healthy family

What would a nurse expect to find in an assessment of a healthy family?

1. Change is viewed as detrimental to the family.
2. There is a passive response to most stressors.
3. The structure is flexible enough to adapt to crises.
4. Minimum influence is being exerted on the environment.

ANSWER

ANS: 3
A healthy family has a flexible structure that allows adaptable performance of tasks and ac-ceptance of help from outside the family system. The structure is flexible enough to allow adaptability but not so flexible that the family lacks cohesiveness and a sense of stability. The healthy family is able to integrate the need for stability with the need for growth and change. It does not view change as detrimental to family processes. The healthy family demonstrates con-trol over the environment and does not passively respond to stressors. The healthy family exerts influence on the immediate environment of home, neighborhood, and school.