Family-focused nursing actions view a family within the larger social system. Which of the following statements reflect accurate understandings of this view of family nursing practice?
1. Effective nursing address the complexity of an individual's illness, as well as their family and social networks.
2. Nurses who practice in the hospital seldom need to address the patient's community networks.
3. Effective family nursing practice maintains a focus on the current situation.
4. Family nursing practice is based on one model of nursing care that places the family as the unit care.
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1 Family nursing thinking and care provides the optimal outcomes when care addresses the individual, family, and social systems.
2 Transition from hospital to home often requires nurses to plan for discharge by engaging community networks.
3 Family thinking considers the past, present, and future. Maintaining a focus on the current situation limits effectiveness.
4 Multiple models of nursing care may be used to guide family nursing practice.
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