A nurse is performing an assessment on a family with a father and mother who both work. What type of family does she record this family as being?
1. A traditional nuclear family
2. A dual-career/dual-earner family
3. An extended family
4. An extended kin family
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Rationale 1: The traditional nuclear family is defined as a husband provider, a wife who stays home, and children.
Rationale 2: A dual-career/dual-earner family is characterized by both parents working, by choice or necessity.
Rationale 3: An extended family is defined as a couple who share household and childrearing responsibilities with parents, siblings, or other relatives.
Rationale 4: An extended kin family is a specific form of an extended family in which two nuclear families of primary or unmarried kin live in close proximity to each other.
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