A nurse is explaining to a student why it is so important to consider the entire family as the patient.What explanation for this is best?
A) Families are a rich source of information and support.
B) Families will have to take over the caregiving role at home.
C) If they are not included, families tend to interfere in care.
D) The patient has to reintegrate into the family upon discharge.
E) The patient's background context includes the family.

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The patient's family should be welcomed into nursing experiences.The family is a rich source of support and information about the patient.The patient will have to reintegrate into the family upon discharge.The patient's family represents the context from which he or she comes.Families may or may not have to assume the caregiving role.It is stereotypical to assume that families will interfere in patient care.

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