A nurse is caring for a patient. Visitors at the bedside include the patient's life partner, widowed mother, sister, and nephew. The nurse acknowledges that current trends in American families include:
A. couples having many children.
B. more singles choosing to live alone.
C. a very different look than 15 years ago.
D. a mother, father, and more than one child.
C
Family forms are changing. Couples are choosing to delay having children or to have no children at all. Single parents constitute 26% of all families with children.
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