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rosent76 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse is assessing family structure. Which of the following describes what the nurse should recognize?

a. An individual may experience many dif-ferent family structures over a lifetime.
b. The variations in family structure are be-coming less common.
c. The traditional nuclear family is the most common family structure.
d. There is great variation among family structures.

Question 2

A nurse recognizes that a barrier that may be experienced when providing family nursing care is health literacy. Which of the following strategies should the nurse implement to reduce the oc-currence of this problem?

a. Write down all necessary information for the family
b. Use multiple colors of ink on written ma-terials
c. Print in upper- and lowercase letters
d. Use as many descriptors as possible

mathjasmine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
In assessing family structure, it is important for the nurse to recognize that an individual may ex-perience many different family structures over a lifetime. Variations in family structure are be-coming more common, and there can be great variation among family structures. There is no longer a general consensus that the traditional nuclear family model is the best model.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The best techniques used to reduce potential problems with health literacy are to print in upper- and lowercase letters, remove all extra words, have plenty of white space on the paper, and use black ink on white paper.