An elderly client's daughter tells the nurse that she has done all that she can do to help her mother, and she needs to return home to care for her own family. The nurse realizes this client is a member of which type of family structure?

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The statement "she needs to return home to care for her own family" suggests that this family structure is individualistic, as the daughter prioritizes her immediate nuclear family over her mother. Linear family structures prioritize the oldest male as the head of the family, collateral family structures prioritize the extended family, and encapsulated family structures are closed off from external influences.

An Elderly Client's Daughter Tells the Nurse That She Has