Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V June 17‚ 2013 Family Health Assessment Conducting a family health assessment utilizing a functional health patterns assessment is the first step in the nursing process to create health care plans for the individual or family. A thorough assessment lays the groundwork to promote family health.(Mandle‚ 2010‚ p. 175)The purpose of this paper is to look at one
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Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Initiative vs. Guilt: School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Industry vs. Inferiority Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. The
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the term “family” is defined as a set of interacting individuals who is related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles. These relevant functions include values and practices the family has on health or family health practice. The term “structure” refers to the organizational characteristics of the family‚ the sub system and the basic rules that influences interpersonal choices and behaviors in the family (A‚Vetne‚
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Health Assessment Family health assessment is a process by which to examine and evaluate the level of health in a family. Traditionally‚ a nuclear family is a basic social group consisting of parents and their children. In today’s society‚ it is common place to encounter blended families as well. Blended families are established through the unification of two parents and their children from previous relationships. Regardless of whether a family group is nuclear or blended‚ the family unit has a belief
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Family Health Assessment Using Gordon’s functional health patterns to assess a family will guide the nurse in developing a comprehensive nursing assessment that is holistic in nature. Gordon’s functional health patterns are founded on 11 principles that are incorporated within the nursing practice. These 11 principles serve as a framework for a thorough nursing assessment in which to build a holistic and individual family care plan (Grand Canyon University‚ 2011). The author has developed family-focused
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Family Health Assessment ********** ********* Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V January 26‚ 2012 Family Health Assessment Performing a family assessment‚ rather than focusing on the individual‚ incorporates on a broader level the environmental and social influences and determinants of health. The typical family has changed over time from what was composed of two biological parents and their children‚ to being as disparate as the individual. The family is the primary social environment
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University NURS 434V Assessment of Children: Toddler‚ Pre-School‚ and School Age Using Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Toddler Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management Toddlers may come to know that being sick means feeling bad or having to stay in bed‚ but they have little‚ if any‚ understanding of the meaning of health. They depend on their parents for health management. A normal assessment finding for the toddler is being current on their immunizations. Because
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Family Health Assessment sonia Health Promotion (Course# NRS429) Dawn Peters May 14‚ 2011 The purpose of family assessment is to promote health and control or prevent control diseases affecting the families. During the assessment‚ the nurse will be able to evaluate the overall health status of the family‚ interpersonal relationship between individual members‚ and any chronological diseases in the family. Identifying the risk factors existing in the family will help the nurse
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Ethnicity and patterns of Health and Illness Age standardised ’not good’ health rates: by ethnic group and sex‚ April 2001‚ England & Wales Pakistani and Bangladeshi men and women in England and Wales reported the highest rates of ’not good’ health in 2001. Pakistanis had age-standardised rates of ’not good’ health of 13 per cent (men) and 17 per cent (women). The age-standardised rates for Bangladeshis were 14 per cent (men) and 15 per cent (women). These rates‚ which take account of the difference
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Kerry Murphy Family Centered Health Promotion March 15‚ 2014 Family Health Assessment When assessing a family‚ inquiries about the family function through a series of questions which will afford the nurse the information needed to prepare a complete family health plan. Marjory Gordon developed a series of questions in regards to 11 functional health patterns. This particular assessment not only pertains
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