Maternal Child Nursing Care - Chapter 2:
Community Care: The Family and
Culture
1. Using the family stress theory as an intervention approach for
working with families experiencing parenting, the nurse can help the
family change internal context factors. These include:
A) Biologic and genetic makeup.
B) Maturation of family members.
C) The family's perception of the event.
D) The prevailing cultural beliefs of society. - ✔✔C) The family's
perception of the event.
2. While working in the prenatal clinic, you care for a very diverse group
of patients. When planning interventions for these families, you
realize that acceptance of the interventions will be most influenced
by:
A) Educational achievement.
B) Income level.
C) Subcultural group.
D) Individual beliefs. - ✔✔D) Individual beliefs.
3. The nurses care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about infant
care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases interventions
on the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic families:
A) Breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.
B) Male infants typically are circumcised.
