The nurse is performing an assessment of a child's biologic family history. Which situation would necessitate the nurse's asking the mother for information should use the term "child's father" instead of "your husband"?
1. Traditional nuclear family
2. Traditional extended family
3. Two-income nuclear family
4. Cohabitating informal stepfamily
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: The mother from the cohabitating informal stepfamily does not have a husband; the nurse should be asking about the "child's father." In the traditional nuclear family, the traditional extended family, and the two-income nuclear family, the child's father is the same person as the mother's husband.
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