Which of the following is the best rationale for a nurse to spend time communicating with a family member of a hospitalized patient?
1. The nurse often has information that needs to be shared with a family member who is a primary social structure caring for an individual.
2. A nurse's communication can supports the nurse's position of power in the health-care system caring for an individual.
3. Communication with family members is critical to increase a nurse's satisfaction with the role.
4. Nurses use communication to develop an efficient interprofessional team that exchanges information.
ANS: 1
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1 The family is the primary social structure that cares for family members and will be involved in caregiving when the individual returns home.
2 Nurses maintaining power over a family does not support a partnership.
3 Satisfaction with nurse's role does not offer the best rationale for communicating with families. Family satisfaction and family care are optimal goals.
4 The interprofessional team communication does not fully address the family role in caring for an individual. The efficiency of the team is not the best rationale for family communication.
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