family health assessment
Family Health Assessment
A family consists of a group of interacting individuals related by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles. (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, p. 150)
The family has various functions that include teaching members’ values, morals and beliefs as they relate to health practices. Health can be defined as a complete state of wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease. Gordon’s functional health patterns are a methodology developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 to be used as a guide to establish a comprehensive nursing database (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns are; health perception/ health management, nutrition, sleep/ rest, pattern of elimination, activity/ exercise, cognitive, self-perception/ self-concept, roles/ relationships, sexuality, coping/ stress and values/ beliefs. By using these categories, it is possible to create a systematic and standardized approach to data collection and enables the nurse to determine the family’s needs related to aspects of health and human function (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). An assessment of a family of five consisting of two grandparents, two parents and a child was conducted using those eleven patterns.
Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management
Health perception and values are focused on the individual’s perception of their health and their beliefs and values (Edelman, 2014). The health perception of the family is one of maintenance of their current health by annual checkups, immunizations as needed and eating healthy. Eating healthy is a focus in this family because both grandparents are diabetic. They take their medication as prescribed by their physician. No one in this family smokes but both grandparents have a history of smoking; she quit 15 years ago and he quit 13 years ago. All four adults do socially drink alcohol but no more than 3-5 drinks a week. The
A family consists of a group of interacting individuals related by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles. (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, p. 150)
The family has various functions that include teaching members’ values, morals and beliefs as they relate to health practices. Health can be defined as a complete state of wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease. Gordon’s functional health patterns are a methodology developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 to be used as a guide to establish a comprehensive nursing database (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns are; health perception/ health management, nutrition, sleep/ rest, pattern of elimination, activity/ exercise, cognitive, self-perception/ self-concept, roles/ relationships, sexuality, coping/ stress and values/ beliefs. By using these categories, it is possible to create a systematic and standardized approach to data collection and enables the nurse to determine the family’s needs related to aspects of health and human function (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). An assessment of a family of five consisting of two grandparents, two parents and a child was conducted using those eleven patterns.
Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management
Health perception and values are focused on the individual’s perception of their health and their beliefs and values (Edelman, 2014). The health perception of the family is one of maintenance of their current health by annual checkups, immunizations as needed and eating healthy. Eating healthy is a focus in this family because both grandparents are diabetic. They take their medication as prescribed by their physician. No one in this family smokes but both grandparents have a history of smoking; she quit 15 years ago and he quit 13 years ago. All four adults do socially drink alcohol but no more than 3-5 drinks a week. The
References: Edelman, C. L., Kudzma, E. C., & Mandle, C. L. (2014). Preface. In Health promotion Throughout the Life Span (8th ed. (pp. xiv-). Retrieved from https://pageburstls.elsevier.com/#/books/978-0-323-09141-1/pages/90974762 Kriegler, N. F., & Harton, M. K. (1992). Community health assessment: A patterns approach to data collection and diagnosis. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 9, 229-234. doi:10.1207/s15327655jchn0904-4