Child Life Family Systems and Assessment Flashcards
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When conducting a family assessment, which tool visually represents the family structure including relationships, medical history, and patterns across generations?
Answer: Genogram
A genogram is a graphic representation of family structure across multiple generations, showing relationships, medical conditions, and behavioral patterns that may affect the child's care.
According to family systems theory, when one child in the family is hospitalized, the MOST accurate expectation is that:
Answer: The entire family system is affected, including siblings, parents, and extended family
Family systems theory holds that the family operates as an interconnected unit; stress on one member reverberates throughout the entire system.
A child life specialist conducting a psychosocial assessment identifies that a family recently experienced a home fire and job loss in addition to the child's hospitalization. This information is important because:
Answer: Cumulative stressors reduce the family's coping capacity and increase psychosocial risk
Cumulative stressors compound family stress and reduce available coping resources, placing the family at higher psychosocial risk and requiring more intensive support.
When a family's cultural practices conflict with the standard care approach, the child life specialist should:
Answer: Serve as a cultural mediator to help the team understand the family's perspective and find collaborative solutions
Child life specialists are positioned to bridge cultural differences by helping the medical team understand the family's perspective and facilitating collaborative problem-solving.
An ecomap assessment tool is MOST useful for identifying:
Answer: The family's connections to external support systems and community resources
An ecomap visually maps the family's relationships with external systems and resources, showing the strength and nature of connections to support networks.
When assessing sibling needs during a brother's or sister's hospitalization, the child life specialist should prioritize identifying:
Answer: The siblings' understanding of the illness, emotional responses, and changes in family dynamics
Sibling assessment should focus on their understanding of the medical situation, emotional and behavioral responses, and how changes in family dynamics are affecting their well-being.