Family health beliefs are:
1. Always the same as the culture from which the family originates.
2. Usually the same as the nurse's health beliefs.
3. Inaccessible to the nurse.
4. Unique to the family.
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1 Family health beliefs are not solely dependent on the family's culture of origin.
2 Family health beliefs are not usually the same as the nurse's health beliefs.
3 The nurse who completes an interactive and thorough family assessment can discover the family's health beliefs.
4 Family health beliefs are unique to each family because they are developed from within the specific family over time.
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