The perinatal nurse is aware of changes in women's and children's health-care settings that affect family care. What factors do these changes include? (Select all that apply.)
A.
A decreased pediatric patient population
B.
A redesign of policies to include families
C.
Development of alternative care sites
D.
Increased liberalization of visiting policies
E.
Increased patient acuity across all settings
ANS: B, C, D, E
Many changes have occurred across health-care settings that have affected family care. Hospitals have redesigned their policies to be family-friendly and have liberalized visiting policies to decrease stress on the family. Alternative care settings have been developed in part to combat escalating medical costs, and patients have high-acuity illnesses and needs across all of these settings. There has been no decrease in the population of pediatric patients.
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