Exam 31: Family Influences on Child Health Promotion

A nurse is teaching a group of new parents about the experience of role transition.Which statement by a parent indicates a correct understanding of the process?

A 3-year-old girl was adopted immediately after birth.Her parents have just asked the nurse how they should tell the child that she is adopted.Which guideline concerning adoption should the nurse use in planning her response?

The parent of a school-age child tells the school nurse that he or she is going through a divorce.The child has not been doing well in school and sometimes has trouble sleeping.What should the nurse recognize about this behaviour?

Which outcome is most characteristic of the physical punishment of children,such as spanking?

When assessing a family,the nurse determines that the parents exert little or no control over their children.What is this parenting style called?

Which theory explains how families react to stressful events and suggests factors that promote adaptation to these events?

The birth order of children affects their personalities.What is considered to be a characteristic of children who are the youngest in their family?

Nicole and Kelly,age 5 years,are identical twins.Their parents tell the nurse that the girls always want to be together.Which statement about twins should the nurse's suggestions be based on?

Which type of family is made up entirely of members related by blood?

Studies about the ordinal position of children suggest that firstborn children tend to be which of the following?

A young couple who has just delivered their first child adapts to the stress of new parenthood by using which type of internal resource?

A mother brings 6-month-old Eric to the clinic for a well-baby checkup.She comments,"I want to go back to work,but I don't want Eric to suffer because I'll have less time with him." What is the nurse's most appropriate response?

What statement applies to the rate of frequency at which monozygotic (identical)twins are born?