The dominant male family member states that he pays for the health insurance, will not support the privacy laws, and demands to stay in the room while his wife is having a physical examination. The nurse realizes this family member is demonstrating
a. coercive power structure c. symmetrical family power
b. chaotic family power d. egalitarian family power
A
It is important for the nurse to recognize family power structures that are coercive or abusive to members of the family and to assess the need for domestic violence intervention. A chaotic family power is the absence of power structure within a family structure. Symmetrical or egalitarian family power is power shared among family members.
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