Nurses have a commitment and an ethical and moral obligation to involve families in health care. Theoretical, practical, and research evidence of the significance of the family to the health and well-being of individual members as well as the influence of the family on illness compel and obligate nurses to consider family-centered care an integral part of nursing practice. However, family-centered care is achieved responsibly and respectfully only by the enlistment of sound family assessment and intervention and relational practices.