The nurse educator knows that the nursing student has grasped the concept of the stages in the life cycle of a family when the nursing student identifies which one of the following statements as accurate?
A) Families are either contracting or expanding.
B) Families always remain static over time.
C) The stages of expansion and contraction may be repeated in some families.
D) In the contraction stage of the family life cycle, the number of family members increases.
Ans: C
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