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dmcintosh · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

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.

Question 2

Several children arrived at the emergency room accompanied only by their fathers. The nurse knows the father who may legally sign emergency medical consent for treatment is

1. the divorced one from the binuclearfamily.
2. the stepfather from the blended orreconstituted family.
3. the divorced one when the singleparent mother has custody.
4. the nonbiologic one from theheterosexual cohabitating family.

katheyjon · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:1
Rationale: The divorced father from the binuclear family may sign informed consent because he has equal legal rights with the mother under joint-custody arrangements. The nonbiologic stepfather from the blended or reconstituted family,the divorced biologic father when the single-parent mother has custody, and the nonbiologic father from the heterosexual cohabitating family are without legal authority to seek emergency medical care for the child.