The nurse is developing an ecomap for a pediatric client and family. Which explanation should the nurse provide prior to beginning this task?

1. "It provides information about your family structure including family life events, health, and illness."
2. "It illustrates your family relationships and interactions with community activities including school, parental jobs, and children's activities."
3. "It is a short questionnaire of five questions that measures your family's growth, affection, and resolve."
4. "It is an assessment that consists of three categories of information about your family's strengths and problems."


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Explanation:
1. Information of this type is called a genogram.
2. This is the description of the ecomap.
3. The five-item questionnaire measuring family growth, affection, resolve, adaptability, and partnership is a Family Apgar.
4. This describes a Calgary Family Assessment Model.

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