Author Question: A patient tells the nurse about living in a commune. What does the nurse understand about this ... (Read 85 times)

sabina · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A patient tells the nurse about living in a commune. What does the nurse understand about this family structure?

A.
Family with distant relatives included
B.
Group of men, women, and children
C.
Kinship care provided to children
D.
Unmarried man and woman living together

Question 2

The clinic nurse notices that each time a child with leukemia is brought in to see the doctor, her mother and aunt accompany her. The mother states that she finds her daughter's illness to be very traumatic and is having difficulty coping.

The child's aunt encourages the child's mother and distracts the child while her blood work is being drawn. The child's aunt could be described as taking on which of the following roles?
A.
Child-caregiver role
B.
Kinship role
C.
Socializer role
D.
Therapist role

Jossy · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A commune is a group of men, women, and children all living together. Families with relatives beyond the nuclear family are called extended families. Kinship care provided to children constitutes a no-parent family. An unmarried man and woman living together is called cohabitation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Structural-functional theory focuses on the functioning of the family and the roles assumed by each family member to promote family function. Necessary roles include provider, housekeeper, child caregiver, socializer, sexual partner, therapist, recreational organizer, and kinship member. The therapist role is assumed when one family member expresses concern for another's health or emotional well-being. The aunt does not appear to be the primary caregiver (child-caregiver role). There is no indication that the aunt fills the socializer role by organizing family social activities. The kinship role includes maintaining family and social ties by things like remembering important dates, and the aunt does not appear to function in that role either.