logo

Child and Family Nurse : Report

11 Pages2972 Words248 Views
   

Added on  2020-01-21

Child and Family Nurse : Report

   Added on 2020-01-21

ShareRelated Documents
Child and Family Nurse
Child and Family Nurse : Report_1
TABLE OF CONTENTSPART One: Justification of the family assessment.........................................................................1PART Two: The Nursing Assessment of a Family.........................................................................1PART three: Identification and Discussion of Family Issues..........................................................3References........................................................................................................................................6Appendix..........................................................................................................................................8
Child and Family Nurse : Report_2
TABLE OF FIGURESFigure 1: Genogram symbols...........................................................................................................8
Child and Family Nurse : Report_3
PART ONE: JUSTIFICATION OF THE FAMILY ASSESSMENTFamily assessment can be defined as a holistic approach which plays an important role inensuring health of each and every individual, communities and families to ensure that careremains client cantered. It focuses on assuring about that family is recognised their health needsand address them by planning appropriate strategies to fulfil all needs (Jacob and Tennenbaum,2013). It is generally used by different families for resolving health and associated issues. It isalso known as illness care model. As per the given case study information Jenson family needs aproper family assessment because there are number of members of this family are facing healthissues which are affecting Sheila health in negative manner. Family assessment includesdifferent areas such as likes and dislikes of the family members, availability of resources to thefamily, determining the current health care problems, etc. so, family assessment plays importantrole in determining needs and requirements of Sheila and her children (Nichols and Tafuri,2013). Undertaking a family assessment is important to understand the situation of family andchildren of Sheila. It is also beneficial for determining the client’s wants to resolve the healthissues. Along with this, it is also beneficial for assessing personal and environmental strengths ofthe Sheila. Family assessment includes discussion and survey about the health concern with theSheila and her children by which nurse can get information about the medical problems of everyindividual (Du and et.al, 2014). Health assessment of family also include a complete review ofmedicines and related instructions which are prescribed by the doctor. So, it helps in determiningimpact of these medicines on individuals for resolving their health issues. Overall, familyassessment is beneficial for analysing the current situations of family members and reasonsbehind their health problems by which nurses can get appropriate solution to resolve issuesassociated with the family problems (Thomlison, 2015). PART TWO: THE NURSING ASSESSMENT OF A FAMILYAs per the above discussion researcher wants to assess the Jonson family situation. Thereare number of tools and techniques which play important role in conducting family assessmentsuch as genogram, Eco-map, AFSNAG, Calgary, etc. As per the assessment of the familybackground researcher has decided to select Genogram tool. It can be defined as a family treewhich helps in representing an individual’s family medical history and relationships. It includes a1 | P a g e
Child and Family Nurse : Report_4

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
Family-centered care by a genogram
|9
|2301
|68

Essay on Nursing Process
|9
|2651
|155

Genogram and FAMTOOL in Nursing Assessments
|3
|772
|374

Genogram and Ecomap - Applications in Family Nursing Practice
|6
|1086
|193

Child and Family Nursing Practice: Importance of Genogram and Calgary Family Assessment Model
|5
|819
|455

Nursing Assignment: Genogram and Eco-map as Family Assessment Tools
|5
|902
|119