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jessicacav

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Community health nurses need to know that families are systems. Which of the following attributes of systems are also attributes of families? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Families are part of a larger suprasystem that includes many subsystems.
  B) Family members are independent.
  C) A family is greater than the sum of all its parts.
  D) A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family members.
  E) Families cannot be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.

Question 2

Which one of the following statements about the definition of family is most accurate?
 
  A) The United Nations defines family as the basic unit of society.
  B) The United States Census recognized that there have been many changes in families in the last 50 years due to societal forces such as delayed marriage and childbearing, smaller family sizes, increases in divorce rate and migration.
  C) The United Nations views families as a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are regarded as members of his or her family.
  D) A family could be a single person residing in his or her own household.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, C, D

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A



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