The nurse is visiting a client and family in the community for the first time. How should the nurse begin completing a client's family assessment?
a. Gathering the health data from all the family members
b. Testing the family's ability to cope
c. Evaluating communication patterns
d. Determining issues that are pertinent to the client's well-being
D
The nurse begins the family assessment by determining issues that are pertinent to the client's well-being. During the assessment the nurse, client, and family collaboratively engage in con-versation to systematically collect information and reflect on the issues important to the client's well-being.
Gathering health data from the family members is not the starting point for a family assessment.
Testing a family's ability to cope is not where the nurse should begin a family assessment.
Evaluating communication barriers would not be an initial action of the nurse when completing a client's family assessment.
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