Author Question: By allowing the ICU patient's family to visit as often as the patient condition will allow, the ... (Read 46 times)

EAugust · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

By allowing the ICU patient's family to visit as often as the patient condition will allow, the nurse is considering which type of need within the patient and his family?

a. Trust
b. Social support
c. Environmental
d. Dependence

Question 2

Some cultures see personal touching as an insult unless you are intimately related. In the secondary health care setting, the need for touching to administer care may produce what within the patient?

a. Cultural strain
b. Impaired functioning
c. Cultural insult
d. Increased self-care deficit

sarahccccc · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Humans, for the most part, are social beings. The acute care facility is a stressor to both patient and family. It can isolate the patient from the social support systems that he or she has in place. The needs of the family may not appear to be a priority for the nurse in planning the patient's care, but they must be considered for the patient to receive ample social support. The rest of the family is facing some of the same stresses as the hospitalized family member. They may need assistance coping with the hospitalization of the patient or with the prospect of a poor prognosis.

Answer to Question 2

D
Cultural strain may be manifested in the patient's responses to the surroundings or to the plan of care. One culture-derived concept is personal space, the distance surrounding a person considered to be part of his or her identity. Personal space is generally thought to be between 1 and 3 feet around a person, depending on the cultural upbringing and personal interpretation. A breach of that space by objects or another person may cause discomfort and stress.