Question

Why Study Families? Give a detailed description of why it is important to study families in healthcare.

Answer 1

Family is a important part of every person.It is important to study families in healthcare is because of understanding the history,values, beliefs, spirituality and family traits which helps nurses to provide quality care to patients.Family encourages the patient to exercise and take better care of their health and monitor their condition.

Studying about family benefits the patients because nurses can better understand the different roles the family plays to increses the wellness of the patient.

If nurses and family collaborate and work together it is called as family centered care.Family provide psychological and physical support to patients and encourage them to work towards healthy life.It is important because when a person is severely ill and he needs the help of others for some time to depend on them for daily activities then family is the first option to prlprov care to the patient.