A patient tells the nurse about living in a commune. What does the nurse understand about this family structure?

A.
Family with distant relatives included
B.
Group of men, women, and children
C.
Kinship care provided to children
D.
Unmarried man and woman living together


ANS: B
A commune is a group of men, women, and children all living together. Families with relatives beyond the nuclear family are called extended families. Kinship care provided to children constitutes a no-parent family. An unmarried man and woman living together is called cohabitation.

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