A new pediatric hospital will open soon. While planning nursing care,the hospital administration is considering two models of providing health care: family-focused care and family-centered care. The action that best implements family-centered care is
1. telling the family what must be donefor the family's health.
2. assuming the role of an expertprofessional to direct the health care.
3. intervening for the child and familyas a unit.
4. conferring with the family indeciding which health-care option will be chosen.
Answer:4
Rationale: The benefit of employing the family-centered-care philosophy is that the priorities and needs as seen by the family are addressed as a partnership between a family and a nurse develops.In family-focused care the healthcare worker assumes the role of professional expert while missing the multiple contributions the family brings to the healthcare meeting.
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