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Family Assessment and Health Promotion Intervention Concerning Stress Overload
The concept of the health is very difficult to define. It means different things to every family. A nurse should understand and recognize each family as unique and accept the definition of each family about health. Loveland-Cherry (2000) suggests that family health is seen as the abilities and resources that are available to a family to accomplish its developmental tasks . If the family is able to perform effectively as a unit, then the family is healthy. There are many different definitions of a family as well. Every culture represents its own way to define a family. China family is envisioned as a strong unit, being led and controlled by a male. Israeli society is extremely family oriented, where partners are playing equal roles in every aspect of their lives - getting appropriate education, raising the children or taking care of financial and health issues. The keyword for the Russian family is dependency, despite the fact that men and women have same levels of education and same social status, man remain dominant in making important decisions and providing financial support. (Personal experience from living in Russia, Israel and having Chinese relatives ).
I decided to use Calgary Family Assessment Model to interview the family and also the Calgary Family Intervention Model to help me with the nursing intervention. CFAM helped me to gather information about the family 's structure, development and function; to identify and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
The members of the family that I have chosen accepted my offer to be a part of my Family Health Assessment assignment and participated with great pleasure and enthusiasm. We met twice - on October 18 and on November the 1st, 2009, in their home at one of the quiet areas in Central Windsor. The atmosphere during the first interview was very friendly, and both, husband and wife, participated in the
Family Assessment and Health Promotion Intervention Concerning Stress Overload
The concept of the health is very difficult to define. It means different things to every family. A nurse should understand and recognize each family as unique and accept the definition of each family about health. Loveland-Cherry (2000) suggests that family health is seen as the abilities and resources that are available to a family to accomplish its developmental tasks . If the family is able to perform effectively as a unit, then the family is healthy. There are many different definitions of a family as well. Every culture represents its own way to define a family. China family is envisioned as a strong unit, being led and controlled by a male. Israeli society is extremely family oriented, where partners are playing equal roles in every aspect of their lives - getting appropriate education, raising the children or taking care of financial and health issues. The keyword for the Russian family is dependency, despite the fact that men and women have same levels of education and same social status, man remain dominant in making important decisions and providing financial support. (Personal experience from living in Russia, Israel and having Chinese relatives ).
I decided to use Calgary Family Assessment Model to interview the family and also the Calgary Family Intervention Model to help me with the nursing intervention. CFAM helped me to gather information about the family 's structure, development and function; to identify and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
The members of the family that I have chosen accepted my offer to be a part of my Family Health Assessment assignment and participated with great pleasure and enthusiasm. We met twice - on October 18 and on November the 1st, 2009, in their home at one of the quiet areas in Central Windsor. The atmosphere during the first interview was very friendly, and both, husband and wife, participated in the
References: Ladwig, G. B., & Ackley, B. J. (2008). Guide to nursing diagnosis(2nd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Loveland-Cherry, C. J. (2000). Family health risks. In M.Stanhope & J. Lancaster (Eds.), Community and public health nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (2009). Nurses and families: A guide to family assessment and intervention (5th ed.). Philadelfia: F.A. Davis.