The community health nurse is making an initial visit to a family. The most effective and efficient way for the nurse to assess the parenting style in use is to:
1. Ask the parents, "What rule is hardest for your child to obey?"
2. Ask the children what happens when they break the rules.
3. Ask the parents, "How often do you hug or kiss your children?"
4. Observe the parent interacting with the child for five minutes.
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Rationale 1: Learning about rules is less helpful than is an explanation of enforcement efforts and success.
Rationale 2: Parental styles are assessed while the family explains how it handles situations that require limit setting.
Rationale 3: Learning about how the parents express affection will not provide adequate information about parenting styles.
Rationale 4: While under short term observation, parental behavior may not be accurate. A less complete picture of parenting style is obtained during a brief artificial observation.
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