The nurse is interviewing the mother of a school-aged child. The mother states that their family consists of herself, her son, a female friend, and two foster children. One grandparent lives in another city, and one lives within two blocks of them
As the nurse works with this family, what implication is important to include?
a.
As a single parent, the mother has multiple roles to fill and will become stressed.
b.
As an extended family, all the children will receive attention from several adults.
c.
This child will lack male attention because he lives in a single-parent family.
d.
The quality of family life will be influenced because they are not a traditional family.
ANS: B
A
Although the mother does have multiple roles to fill, she seems to have a support system to help her manage her multiple roles successfully.
B
The children live in a household with two adults and have a grandparent within two blocks.
C
There is nothing to indicate that the children will not have a male presence, especially if the grandparents are men.
D
Quality of family life can be achieved in a variety of family structures.
You might also like to view...
In considering whether or not to accept a job offer as a nurse manager at a Magnet™ hospital, you look at an environment that you might encounter as a head nurse at the hospital. You deter-mine that you could expect to:
a. Find it difficult to recruit new staff. b. See rapid turnover of staff on your unit. c. Find nurses who exemplify interest in quality care. d. Find limited interest in excellence in the nursing environment.
A client had a mastectomy with reconstruction, and several axillary nodes were dissected. Which statement by the client indicates good understanding of discharge instructions?
a. "I must be careful not to injure the arm or hand on the side of my surgery." b. "I'm glad that lymphedema is no longer a problem, as it was in my mother's day." c. "I will have a hard time waiting for a whole year to see how my breast will look." d. "I need to pull my drains out by inch each day until they are totally out."
When assessing a patient's abdomen, the nurse recognizes the importance of reserving palpation as the last technique. What rationale would the nurse provide for this sequence?
1. Early palpation may result in rebound pain. 2. The technique is likely to increase the patient's level of anxiety. 3. Most patients do not like being touched. 4. The pressure of palpation can interfere with hearing bowel sounds.
The nurse is caring for a child in Bryant skin traction. An appropriate nursing intervention for this child would be to
1. remove the adhesive traction strapsdaily to prevent skin breakdown. 2. check the traction frequently toensure that proper alignment is maintained. 3. place the child in a prone position tomaintain good alignment. 4. move the child as infrequently aspossible to maintain traction.