The idea of a traditional family may be becoming something of the past with married couples and their children making up the minority of households (DiFonzo & Stern, 2013). The Goldsmith family can be considered to have a binuclear, homosexual family structure. They are two families that share in the duty of raising a young, teenage daughter. Trying to coordinate parental duties may be difficult at times as communication must be key between these two households. In addition, Chloe must move back and forth between two houses that are thankfully in the same neighborhood and school district. This does interfere with what she wants to plan sometimes. Chloe appears to be adjusting well to the circumstances now, however as she becomes older new obstacles may arise. For now, she seems to be content with her current situation. Her parents made sure that their divorce did not upset her way of life too much. Chloe has the same rigid rules at both households. The family ensures that holidays and special occasions are shared together. The concept of family appears to be most important to everyone. Like any family, certain issues and forms of stress are constantly occurring within a family. Every family is unique in its ability to adjust and overcome challenges. The ongoing interactions of the family members influence its functioning ability and overall structure (Kaakinen, Gedaly-Duff, Padgett-Coehlo, & Harmon-Hanson, 2010). A family nurse has the power to promote wellness by ensuring the affective functions of the family are being met among the members of the Goldsmith family and family communication is strong for effective decision-making. Affective function is the relationships shared between the members within the family... ... middle of paper ... ...y couple who co-habituate. Hal is the breadwinner of the Goldsmith family and it would be devastating if he were unable to provide financially if fired because of his sexual orientation. Not only could the lack of discrimination policy create money hardship but also have the potential to deny the family access to necessary healthcare. In conclusion, the goal as a family nurse is to explore methods to help maintain and restore some stability so that the family may function at the highest level (Kaakinen, Gedaly-Duff, Padgett-Coehlo, & Harmon-Hanson, 2010). The Goldsmith family is able to rely primarily on each other for support. A relevant family goal would be for them to utilize some resources in the community to promote positive health practices. This can help with effective managing strategies, reducing stress, and encouraging proactive health behaviors.
Using nursing strategies that are unique for each family based on their individual genetic and genomic variations is fairly new in the area of nursing (Munro, 2014) and interventions for this family should be tailored to helping them keep up on current information about heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, which are the main medical issues in their family medical history, and having a plan that ensures they continue getting regular health checkups.
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The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a well-known comprehensive and multidimensional template used by nurses to assess families. CFAM begins by having the nurse visit with the family and gain insight on the family’s functioning at a particular point in time. Interviewing the family allows the nurse to assess and identify potential issues. Furthermore, the CFAM consists of three main assessment categories, known as structural, developmental, and functional. Each of these categories contains several subcategories that allow the nurse to examine all aspects of a family’s functioning. The goal of the CFAM is for the nurse to openly discuss family issues, provide insight to families from an outside perspective and guide them towards their own problem solving tactics. CFAM allows families and nurse to develop a plan of care that is mutually agreed upon. The following paper illustrates a family assessment completed using the CFAM and applies nursing diagnoses and interventions relevant to the family’s current issues (Wright & Leahey, 2013).
Family health is receiving substantial attention in the contemporary decades, following a growing number of unpredicted health issues. Family health assessments have become common techniques within the health care systems across the world to promote good health. Nursing Family assessment and intervention models have been developed in to assists nurses and families to identify the family issues and develop the best.
Also, the whole family needs to come to term with the health condition, make change in priorities and schedule, and keep the family. For example, it can be much more stressful for a young or a newly married couple because they may have more experience to overcome life's difficulties. As a result, as with individual maturation, family development can be delayed or even revert to a previous level of functioning (Hockenberry, p 762.) Therefore, health care providers need to apply family development theory while planning care for a child and family with chronic health condition. Indeed, family centered care should be a part of that intervention. Parents and family members have huge and comprehensive caregiving responsibilities for their chronically ill child at home or at hospital. Moreover, the main goal taking care of chronic ill child is to “minimize the progression of the disease and maximize the child’s physical, cognitive, psychological potential” (Hockenberry, p 763). Therefore, it is essential to family being part of the child care to give highest quality of care. On the other hand, we are as a part of the health care provider need to give attention to all
Taylor and Lou Ann demonstrate a symbiotic relationship between the roles and characteristics in a family. Edna Poppy and Virgie Mae replaces the missing physical and emotional traits in a stable household. The examples tie into the fact that not all families in this book match “the norms” and expectations, but are equally valued, blood or
There are many intervention strategies a family health nurse can employ to improve or promote the health of a family. A nurse can use their skills and knowledge to maximize the health of a family by providing guidance that will encourage families to value the benefits of health promotion into their daily lives (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015). Positive life changes occur when one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are guided along a pathway that leads to success and accomplishment. This discussion post will explain the major point of the family meal and healthier eating. Specific nursing interventions will help a family that is in need of developing and practicing health-promoting practices.
In the movie “The Kids Are All Right”, the homosexual family system of Nic and Jules Allgood is being challenged by the transitions of their children- Joni and Laser, and the sudden life involvement of the children’s biological father- Paul Hatfield. In class, we define family as a social unit in which the adult partners and the children share economic, social, and emotional rights and responsibilities as well as a sense of commitment or identification with each other. Although the Allgood family is not related biologically, they are a family legally and emotionally. The family is an interdependent system with mutual shaping and causality, and within the family system, there are multiple subsystems: parent-child system, martial system, and sibling system, etc. When there is a transition happening in a family member, the whole family system will also be affected.
Holistic nursing care involves identifying the patient needs and implementing strategies in which addresses “the patient physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being (Doosey and Keegan, 2013). As a health care professional, helping the patient to achieve their optimal health through taking care of the patient as a whole, will allow the patient to heal. An interview was conducted on a close family member, Mrs. V.H. At times, she struggles with dealing and coping with some of the current symptoms of her illness. She faces a resource barrier within the community by only having one doctor office and hospital in the local area. Mrs. V.H. reports she does not feel comfortable with going to the doctor office or hospital when
My vision for the Family Nurse Practitioner in a primary healthcare setting is to bring health care to small communities, comprised of predominately poor working class people, who are classified as underprivileged. Performing exams on the sick, providing immunizations to the young, educating all, and assisting the elderly with chronic illness and disease management, while providing preventative care and education on wellness. The Family Nurse Practitioner sees patients from young to old in need of a wide variety of care. As a Family Nurse Practitioner I will provide education and holistically meet the health care and wellness needs of my community, and others like it, by providing critical access to health care for the most vulnerable
Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (2009). Nurse and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company.
The intent of this interview was discussed with the family, namely, how the data would be used to discuss family experiences for an assignment in Family and Societal Nursing for RNs at State University. Most importantly, I mentioned to the family that I hoped to provide them with interventions and support to...
The philosophical abstraction of family stress and adaptation emphasizes how the mental well-being, environment, nursing and family affects the physical body during times of distress and illness. There has been a growing interest in family stress, particularly variables affecting family response to life cycle events
Family health assessment is a process of getting information from the family about health promotion and disease-prevention activities. Family assessment includes nurse’s perceptions about family constitution, norms, standards, theoretical knowledge, and communication abilities. Marjorie Gordon (1987) proposed eleven functional health patterns as a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing data base. These functional health patterns (2007) help organize basic family assessment information (Friedman et al., 2003) (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p. 173-177).Eleven health functions are as follows. Health perception and / or health management pattern, nutritional pattern, elimination pattern, activity/exercise pattern, cognitive/perceptual pattern, sleep/rest pattern, self-perception and self-concept pattern, role/relationship pattern, sexuality/reproductive pattern, coping/stress tolerance pattern, and value/belief...