A nurse is working with a child who lives in poverty. Which of the following best describes this child?
a. A child who has poor academic perfor-mance
b. A child whose parents have a college ed-ucation
c. A child of Caucasian descent
d. A child living in a single-parent household
ANS: D
Characteristics that put children at risk for living in low-income families are parents without a high school degree, lack of parental employment, and living in a single-parent household.
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