When evaluating patient expectations of family-centered nursing, it is most important to obtain which of the following?
A. Patient outcome information
B. Family's perspective of nursing care
C. Physician's perspective of nursing care
D. Health care goals of the patient
B
It is important to obtain the family's perspective of nursing care: how you planned and delivered the care with them, whether it was satisfactory, whether it met the family's goals, and if not, what they think was needed instead. This evaluation needs to be ongoing so that care delivery techniques can be modified or adjusted as needed.
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