A nursing student is asked to compare major life events of young adult, middle adult, and childbearing families. Which statement by the student demonstrates understanding?
a. "Young adults have gained sexual experience and do not need sexual education."
b. "Once a woman has her baby, stress levels decrease, as does health risk."
c. "The social pressure to get married is greater now than it ever was."
d. "When married people both work, income is increased, but so is stress."
ANS: D
The two-career family has benefits and liabilities. Stressors result from transfer to a new city; increased expenditures of physical, mental, or emotional energy; child care demands; or household needs. To avoid stress, partners should share all responsibilities. Young adults are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Consequently, there is an increased need for education regarding mode of transmission, prevention, and symptom recognition and management for sexually transmitted diseases. The stress that many women experience after childbirth has a significant impact on the health of postpartum women. Social pressure to get married is not as great as it once was, and many young adults do not marry until their late 20s or early 30s, or not at all.
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