Posted: September 30th, 2017

Nurse Rio analyzes the family system and concludes it is dysfunctional

During a well-child checkup, a mother tells the Nurse Rio about a recent situation in which her child needed to be disciplined by her husband.

The child was slapped in the face for not getting her husband breakfast on Saturday, despite being told on Thursday never to prepare food for him.

Nurse Rio analyzes the family system and concludes it is dysfunctional. All of the following factors contribute to this dysfunction except:

A. Conflictual relationships of parents.
B. Inconsistent communication patterns.
C. Rigid, authoritarian roles.
D. Use of violence to establish control.