Description includes
- role of family and concerned others on the healthcare team
- CNA strategies to provide emotional support to the client/resident/patient and to encourage the family to do the same.
Refer to Unit IX in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why is it important to include the family in supporting the client/resident/patient?
- Why is silence and listening one of the best responses to family concerns?
- Why is it important to give the family respect and privacy?