Which of the following concepts is important to the provision of family-centered nursing care in the acute care setting?
1. A planned hospitalization helps to clarify family roles and unifies families.
2. During hospitalization, families are often challenged by the need to make adjustments in family routines.
3. Deliberate adherence to typical family routines during hospitalization reduces the uncertainty experienced by family members.
4. Exposure to an ill family member in the acute care setting is stressful and family time should be limited.
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1 The hospitalization means the ill person may be absent from the roles usually assumed, and family members may take on new and unfamiliar caregiving and other roles.
2 Hospitalization creates the need for new skills and knowledge because the family suddenly finds themselves in a different context or situation that disrupts usual routines.
3 The acute care situation may create conflicts and disagreements among family members and uncertainty can result; daily routines are interrupted and families are required to adapt to the situation by changing comfortable routines.
4 During hospitalization families want to be near, watch over, and advocate for their family member.
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