Family members of critically ill hospitalized adults often have a well-defined, predictable set of needs. Which of the following are accurate representations of these needs?

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Family members need to be able to care for themselves during critical care hospitalization of an adult family member, but they prefer to remain close by and not leave the setting. Consequently, hospitals are creating patient rooms that allow families to stay close and either receive meals or prepare them in within hospital kitchenette suites. Family presence and maintaining family relationships are important and benefit both the patient and the family. Families would prefer that health-care decisions not be made for them but rather with them as partners in care planning. Families find decision making during a critical care admission to be very challenging and they need health care providers to give them time to make decisions.

Family Members of Critically Ill Hospitalized Adults Often Have a Well-Defined