Community health nurses need to know that families are systems. Which of the following attributes of systems are also attributes of families? Select all that apply
A) Families are part of a larger suprasystem that includes many subsystems.
B) Family members are independent.
C) A family is greater than the sum of all its parts.
D) A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family members.
E) Families cannot be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.
Ans: A, C, D
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