Author Question: The nurse is performing an assessment of a child's biologic family history. Which situation would ... (Read 62 times)

tuffie · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is performing an assessment of a child's biologic family history. Which situation would necessitate the nurse's asking the mother for information should use the term child's father instead of your husband?

1. Traditional nuclear family
2. Traditional extended family
3. Two-income nuclear family
4. Cohabitating informal stepfamily

Question 2

Several children arrived at the emergency department accompanied only by their fathers. Which father may legally sign emergency medical consent for treatment?

1. The divorced one from the binuclear family
2. The stepfather from the blended or reconstituted family
3. The divorced one when the single-parent mother has custody
4. The nonbiologic one from the heterosexual cohabitating family

jonathanballen97 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: The mother from the cohabitating informal stepfamily does not have a husband; the nurse should be asking about the child's father. In the traditional nuclear family, the traditional extended family, and the two-income nuclear family, the child's father is the same person as the mother's husband.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: The divorced father from the binuclear family may sign informed consent because he has equal legal rights with the mother under joint-custody arrangements. The nonbiologic stepfather from the blended or reconstituted family, the divorced biologic father when the single-parent mother has custody, and the nonbiologic father from the heterosexual cohabitating family are without legal authority to seek emergency medical care for the child.