The nurse is conducting a physical assessment for a pediatric client. Which part of Bronfenbrenner's ecologic theory of development is the nurse assessing when discussing the parents' work environment in relation to the client?
1. Chronosystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Macrosystem
4. Exosystem
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Explanation:
1. The chronosystem involves the perspective of time in the child's life.
2. The relationships of one microsystem to another involve a child's mesosystem.
3. Political and cultural beliefs comprise a child's macrosystem.
4. A child's exosystem is composed of the settings that influence a child even though he or she is not in daily contact with that system.
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