The community-health nurse is making an initial visit to a ...

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The community-health nurse is making an initial visit to a family. The most effective and efficient way for the nurse to assess the parenting style in use is to
 
  1. observe the parent while he or she isinteracting with the child for five minutes.
  2. ask,What rule is hardest for yourchild to obey?
  3. ask,Which rules are hardest toenforce?
  4. ask the children how the parentsset rules.

Question 2

The nurse is working on parenting skills with a group of mothers. The mother that would need the fewest discipline-related suggestions is the
 
  1. authoritarian one.
  2. authoritative one.
  3. indifferent one.
  4. permissive one.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer:4
Rationale:Parental styles are assessed while the family explains how they handle situations that require limit setting. A less complete picture of parenting style is obtained during a brief artificial observation.Learnin g about rules is less helpful than an explanation of enforcement efforts and successfulness.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:2
Rationale: The parenting style that results in positive outcomes for the behavior and learning of its children is the authoritative style.Nurses have observed that children from homes using this parental style more frequently have personalities manifesting self-reliance,self-control,and social competence. These parents should be praised for using the preferred approach.Children in the authoritarian parenting family are denied opportunity to develop some skills in the areas of self-direction,communication,and negotiation.Under the permissive parentingle,children do not learn the socially acceptable limits of behaviors. The indifferent parenting style results in the children who often exhibit destructive behaviors and delinquency.