Family-Centered Care Flashcards
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A breastfeeding mother of a 28-week premature infant is struggling to maintain her milk supply. The BEST nursing intervention is to:
Answer: Provide lactation education, establish a pumping schedule, and connect her with lactation consultant services
Supporting breastfeeding through structured education, scheduled pumping, and lactation specialist referral is critical for premature infants who benefit significantly from human milk.
A NICU nurse is caring for an infant whose parents speak limited English. Which is the MOST appropriate strategy to ensure family-centered care?
Answer: Utilizing a trained medical interpreter for all clinical communications
Trained medical interpreters ensure accurate, culturally sensitive communication and protect patient rights, as using family members as interpreters creates risk of miscommunication and role conflict.
Which sibling visitation policy is MOST consistent with family-centered care in the NICU?
Answer: Allowing age-appropriate sibling visits with infection control screening and preparation
Age-appropriate sibling visitation with appropriate infection control screening supports family integrity and helps siblings adjust to the new infant's condition.
A nurse is using the NICU Family Needs Inventory (NFNI). The PRIMARY purpose of this tool is to:
Answer: Identify and prioritize the specific informational and emotional needs of NICU families
The NFNI is a validated tool designed to identify and rank NICU family needs, including information, assurance, proximity, support, and comfort, enabling individualized family-centered care.
A nurse observes that parents of a NICU infant rarely initiate care or ask questions despite daily visits. The MOST likely explanation to explore first is:
Answer: The parents may feel intimidated, unsure of their role, or fear causing harm
Parental hesitation in the NICU often stems from fear of harming a fragile infant, uncertainty about their role, or feeling overwhelmed — all of which are addressable with targeted nursing support.
Which of the following NICU practices MOST directly supports the parent-infant attachment process?
Answer: Involving parents in routine care such as bathing, feeding, and positioning
Parental participation in hands-on routine care activities such as bathing and feeding is one of the most effective strategies for promoting parent-infant attachment in the NICU.
A nurse is helping a family create a memory box for their infant who is not expected to survive. This intervention PRIMARILY addresses:
Answer: The family's long-term grieving process and creation of meaningful memories
Memory boxes provide grieving families with tangible keepsakes that support the long-term bereavement process and validate the significance of their infant's life.