The community health nurse is assessing stressful life events in a family. Which exemplifies a life event related to illness and family care strains?
A) A history of police reports of a 23-year-old man's hitting his girlfriend
B) A couple in their 40s divorcing
C) A 63-year-old woman's sense of responsibility as the oldest among her siblings for taking care of her chronically ill parents
D) A 35-year-old woman not speaking to her sister for 5 years after not being invited to her wedding
Ans: C
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An example of illness and family care strains is the responsibility an oldest sibling feels to care for chronically ill parents. An example of family legal violations is domestic violence or child abuse. An example of marital strain is divorce or decreased sexual intimacy. An example of intrafamily strains is a family feud in which two sisters refuse to speak to each other.
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