Nursing, as a profession, has long held the belief that providing nursing care to an individual patient means providing nursing care to the entire family. What does this mean when put into a holistic framework of patient care?
A) Families are caretakers even when the patient is not acutely ill.
B) It is necessary for the nurse, patient, and the patient's family to integrate the physical and emotional environment of the patient.
C) Active participation by individuals and families in health promotion is integral to this framework of patient care.
D) This model is congruent with the philosophy of traditional patriarchal medicine.
Ans: C
Feedback: Active participation by individuals and families in health promotion supports the self-care model historically embraced by the nursing profession. This model is congruent with the philosophy that seeks to balance and integrate the use of traditional medicine and advanced technology with the influence of the mind and spirit on healing. Families are not always caretakers when the patient is not acutely ill; it is not necessary for the nurse, patient, and the patient's family to integrate the physical and emotional environment of the patient. It is necessary for the patient to integrate his or her physical and emotional environments. The holistic framework of patient care is not a model that is congruent with the philosophy of traditional patriarchal medicine.
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