Author Question: The nurse is providing care to a newborn client and family during a well-baby checkup. Using ... (Read 74 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is providing care to a newborn client and family during a well-baby checkup. Using Duvall's family development theory, which question is most appropriate for the nurse to ask?

A.
Do you plan to have more children?
B.
How far apart are your closest children?
C.
How many children do you have?
D.
How old is your oldest child?

Question 2

A father is frustrated that his child frequently disobeys well-established rules and then attempts to excuse the action by stating Well I just thought . . . .

The father asks for guidance with discipline. What information is most appropriate for the nurse to provide?
A.
Ensure the child knows the rules.
B.
Habitual rule breaking is problematic.
C.
This is a normal developmental stage.
D.
Time-outs are ineffective for lying.

jaaaaaaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Duvall's family development theory uses the oldest child as the marker for transitions within the family. The nurse should inquire about the age of the oldest child. The other questions are not directly related to Duvall's theory.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
According to Kohlberg, a child passes through three stages when learning to make moral decisions. In the first (preconventional) stage, a child may not see an action as wrong if he or she can justify the action in his or her mind. The best response by the nurse would be to explain this to the father and help him develop strategies to work with this. Ensuring the child knows the rules is important before inflicting consequences for behavior. Stating that rule breaking is problematic does not help the father deal with the problem. Time-outs can be effective disciplinary strategies.