Kaakinen et al., (2015) states that one of the most crucial aspect of family nursing is encouraging and seeking family involvement in planning care and in the decision making processes. Universal needs of families include consistency, clarity, comprehensive information and involvement in shared decision making with HCPs. Nurses, consciously and unconsciously, affect the family stress level by controlling how much information they share with families, how much they involve the family in the daily routine, visiting hours, and even discussions with/among family members. Families have expressed fears of alienating the HCPs thus compromising their loved ones’ care. All of this may interfere with nurses being able to be effective family
