Many people have many different definitions of a family. Some include family as the people they live with, some include their entire extended family, and some include friends, neighbors, coaches, and teachers. According to the Vanier Institute (2013), a family is “a combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth, and/or adoption” (para. 2). Whichever way you look at it, families often play a major role in life. It only makes sense that when a person begins to go through a drastic change in life such as illness, the family will be involved. This is why it is important that nurses learn how to provide suitable client and family centered care. They can do this by following the four pillars, which include respect and dignity, collaboration, information sharing, and meaningful participation (Saskatoon Health Region, 2013). By following these guidelines, nurses are able to appropriately include the family in all aspects of the healing of their loved one. Wright and Leahey (2009), suggest that family centered care can be practiced through a simple 15-minute interview. The patient interviewed in this paper is a man who had an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and needed life saving open-heart surgery in order to survive. This is considered an acute illness, which can be treated resulting in recovery but in severe cases, may lead to death (Lewis, Heitkemper, Dirksen, Bucher, & O’Brien, 2010). The family interview was conducted in the patient’s home, with his immediate family present. This paper will use Wright and Leahey’s assessment and intervention models, along with the 15-minute interview to create a plan of care for the family dealing with this acute illness. The names of the family m... ... middle of paper ... ...covery of their loved ones. All members of the healthcare team must attempt to provide family and client centered care in order to keep a good balance in the care of the patient. References Lewis, S., Heitkemper, M., Dirksen, S., Bucher, L. and O’Brien, P. (2010). Disorders of the Pancreas. Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada, (2nd ed., 21). Toronto, Canada: Elsevier Canada. Saskatoon Health Region. (2013). Saskatoon Health Region Client and Family Centered Care. Retrieved from http://www.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/about_us/client_and_family_centred_care.htm# Vanier Institute of the Family. (2013). Our Approach to Family. Retrieved from http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/definition_of_family#.Un_yf42vXkU Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (2009). Nurses and families: A guide to family assessment and intervention (5th ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company.
Strasser, Judith A., Shirley Damrosch, and Jacquelyn Gaines. Journal of Community Health Nursing. 2. 8. Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1991. 65-73. Print.
Centura Health is a hospital system located in Colorado and Kansas. They have created a mission and vision statement that focuses on the communities that they serve. Their current mission Statement is “We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities.” (Centura, 2014). Their current vision statement is “Centura Health will fulfill a covenant of caring for our communities with excellence and integrity to become their partner for life.” (Centura, 2014). These statements are short and meet most of Aguinis’ eight components for the mission and vision statements.
Perceptions of Adult Hospitalized Patient on Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. American Journal of Critical Care, 26(2), 102-110. doi:10.4037/ajcc20175550
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...
Chronic illness in children is a major source of stress and potential distress for the whole family. The disease is considered by many authors as chronic due to the length and complexity of the treatment and recovery period, danger to life or injury, a high probability of relapse (Rehm, 2013). When a child has a chronic disease, the severity of the experiences of all family members about the diagnosis is compounded by the numerous challenges that every family faces when interacting with the disease. Studies of families that had a child with chronic illness revealed universal problems directly affecting family functioning. Situation is worsened by lack of social, moral, and psychological support to these families. Parents are more often the primary caregivers for children with chronic illness, and so these people need an optimal professional support from health care professionals to maintain the care for their children and themselves. Because nurses take an intermediate role between a family and a doctor, they are the ones who will have a responsibility to empower parents (Rehm, 2013).
Wittenberg, E., Saada, A., & Prosser, L. (2013). How illness affects family members: A qualitative interview survey. The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 6(4), 257-268. doi:10.1007/s40271-013-0030-3
Nursing should focus on patient and family centered care, with nurses being the patient advocate for the care the patient receives. Patient and family centered care implies family participation. This type of care involves patients and their families in their health care treatments and decisions. I believe that it is important to incorporate this kind of care at Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) because it can ensure that we are meeting the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs through their hospitalization.
Nurses are an equally important part of each client’s life. Nurses provide stable care to each client, answers their questions, gives medications and treatments, and assists with medical procedures. They also have the responsibility to explain to clients and family members what they should and should not do as they go through treatment and recovery. Nurses must quickly respond to patients needs. Every individual nurse has his or her own unique way of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are never ending. Nurse’s support, comfort, and help allow the patients to recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences in dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis helps the nurses become better caregivers. Therefore, every nurse is capable of demonstrating care in their respective environments.
Family health care nursing is defined as “the process of providing for health care needs of families that are within the scope of nursing practise and are concerned with the experience of the family over time, is considerate of community and cultural context of the group and is directed at families whose members are both healthy and ill. ”(). The principles of family health care assessment are that family health nursing is family focused and that a good working relationship with the family needs to be established. Other significant principles include family health nursing services should be realistic in terms of resources available, the family relates to community where it lives and depends on community in various ways, health education, guidance
The theory of caregiver stress is a middle range theory that was developed from the Roy Adaptation Model in understanding relationships among caregivers and the stress they may face from caring for a chronically ill family member (Tsai, 2003). Caregiver stress stems from the fact that family members, usually children or spouses, must care for their loved one as they age and lose their independence. Children usually feel obligated to care for their parents and normally they want to provide care for this person who has taken care of them through-out life. However, something that these caregivers do not count on is all the added stress caring for an ailing adult entails, especially if that ailing person has a chronic condition like dementia or heart failure. The emotional upheaval, financial burden, and time commitment are all factors that lead to the caregiver stress. This paper will examine the difficulties experienced by caregivers in relation to the chronic conditions of dementia, and heart failure, examine why there is an increase in patients receiving healthcare from family members at home, and the theories’ application in nursing practice.
Client centered care is what creates the foundation for the therapeutic nurse-client relationships. The Registered Nursing Association of Ontario (RNAO) recommends that nurses embrace the values of respect, human dignity, client as expert, and clients as leaders, to foster patient centered care (RNAO, 2002). A study done at Coventry University found that there were serious implications to care that was not family-center. Effective communication plays a large role in how the care is perceived by families and patients. It is extremely important for clients to receive constant and continual information from their healthcare professionals (Beckwitt, 2014). Relaying critical, sensitive information is difficult, but when t...
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 provision of patient/family-centered care, which assure safety and quality in the service, would have a team work approach as a foundation and underpinning. In a healing process or in the preservation of health intervene several factors, some of them are closely related with the environment. Healthcare providers constitute an important part of that environment, and definitely, communication with patients, families, and among themselves, have a significant impact on it. The environment would influence the patient’s perception of care, and the staff’s level of
In health care, there are many different approaches throughout the field of nursing. When considering the field of family nursing, there are four different approaches to caring for patients. This paper will discuss the different approaches along with a scenario that covers that approach. The approaches that will be discussed include family as a context, family as a client, family as a system, and family as a component to society. Each of these scenarios are approach differently within the field of nursing.
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...