The family member who is often seen as an “outsider” in the family and the cause of the family’s problems is best described as the:

The PMHNP conducts an initial interview with a family whose 8 year-old child has suddenly started acting out at school and whose 16 year-old has run away. Parents are confused by their children’s behavior and say, “We don’t know what happened. We are a very happy family. We never disagree with each other.” The dysfunctional family process most likely to be suggested by this statement is:

In emotion-focused therapy, the PMHNP’s priority is:

The PMHNP who employs an emotion-focused family therapy approach is adopting:

Husband seeks out counseling to deal with a problem in the marital relationship; however, his wife does not want to participate. The family systems therapist uses following rationale in deciding how to respond:

In strategic family therapy, dysfunctional family behaviors are most likely to be addressed by:

At the initial family therapy session, the priority goal for the PMHNP is to:

To conduct a comprehensive assessment of the family, the PMHNP will :

In carrying out a family assessment, the PMHNP asks each member of the family to draw a picture of their family. This assessment tool can best be described as a/an:

In assessing family structure, the nurse would include the following (Select all that apply):