Author Question: The community health nurse has as a client the Smith family: a husband and wife and their 3-year-old ... (Read 38 times)

azncindy619 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The community health nurse has as a client the Smith family: a husband and wife and their 3-year-old child. The husband lost his job 6 months ago and they lost their apartment.

They usually stay in shelters and occasionally with the wife's sister for a night or two. When working with this family, the community health nurse would identify this family as which type?

A) A multigenerational family
B) A homeless family
C) A nuclear dyad
D) A divorced family

Question 2

Community health nurses need to know that families demonstrate attributes as social systems. Which of the following attributes would the nurse need to keep in mind when working with families? Select all that apply.

A) Families exchange energy with their environment.
B) Family members are independent.
C) Each member's actions affect the other members.
D) Families are adaptive, never staying the same.
E) Family structures lack goal direction.