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Chapter 02: The Family, Culture, Spirituality, and Home Care
Perry: Maternal Child Nursing Care, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A married couple lives in a single-family house with their newborn son and the husband’s
daughter from a previous marriage. On the basis of the information given, what family form
best describes this family?
a. Married-blended family
b. Extended family
c. Nuclear family
d. Same-sex family
ANS: A
Married-blended families are formed as the result of divorce and remarriage. Unrelated family
members join together to create a new household. Members of an extended family are kin, or
family members related by blood, such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles. A nuclear family is
a traditional family with male and female partners and the children resulting from that union.
A same-sex family is a family with homosexual partners who cohabit with or without
children.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. In what form do families tend to be most socially vulnerable?
a. Married-blended family NURSINGTB.COM
b. Extended family
c. Nuclear family
d. Single-parent family
ANS: D
The single-parent family tends to be vulnerable economically and socially, creating an
unstable and deprived environment for the growth potential of children. The married-blended
family, the extended family, and the nuclear family are not the most socially vulnerable.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to make decisions and solve problems within
families are based primarily on family:
a. rituals and customs.
b. values and beliefs.
c. boundaries and channels.
d. socialization processes.
ANS: B
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Chapter 02: The Family, Culture, Spirituality, and Home Care
Perry: Maternal Child Nursing Care, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A married couple lives in a single-family house with their newborn son and the husband’s
daughter from a previous marriage. On the basis of the information given, what family form
best describes this family?
a. Married-blended family
b. Extended family
c. Nuclear family
d. Same-sex family
ANS: A
Married-blended families are formed as the result of divorce and remarriage. Unrelated family
members join together to create a new household. Members of an extended family are kin, or
family members related by blood, such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles. A nuclear family is
a traditional family with male and female partners and the children resulting from that union.
A same-sex family is a family with homosexual partners who cohabit with or without
children.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. In what form do families tend to be most socially vulnerable?
a. Married-blended family NURSINGTB.COM
b. Extended family
c. Nuclear family
d. Single-parent family
ANS: D
The single-parent family tends to be vulnerable economically and socially, creating an
unstable and deprived environment for the growth potential of children. The married-blended
family, the extended family, and the nuclear family are not the most socially vulnerable.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to make decisions and solve problems within
families are based primarily on family:
a. rituals and customs.
b. values and beliefs.
c. boundaries and channels.
d. socialization processes.
ANS: B
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