Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a counselor's assessment of a family's boundaries?
a. Counselors must proceed slowly and mindfully to accurately assess where and how boundaries are a problem.
b. Boundaries are far less complex than they appear at first glance.
c. Rigid boundaries can be accurately assessed without taking cultural and developmental variables into consideration.
d. None of the above
Question 2
In a session with a single-parent family, a mother and daughter, the systemic counselor notices that mom often makes remarks about her daughter's father, such as I am so glad you didn't get your father's kinky hair or Most men are unreliable.. The daughter has regular visits with her father and appears distressed when her mother makes these comments. The counselor would note these comments from the mom as:
a. Triangles
b. Commands
c. Coalitions
d. Subsystems
A family pedigree of a recessive trait.
Patient teaching: heart assessment
Nursing history for breast assessment
The Mulleta family of Ethiopia, described in the opening vignette.
Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model.
The family described in Example Case 3