Child and Family Nursing Practice Case Study 2022

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Child and Family Nursing Practice
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Child and Family Nursing Practice
Problem/Issue Identification: Recognition of challenges/issues faced by the family
It was assessed that there are many social, health, and development of family challenges/
problems that are faced by the Zhang family. Jin has to work on long hours, he left home early
and came back late that may be effected not only to his health but also effected on his daughters’
development as they are unable to get time from their father. It can be seen that due to his hectic
routine Jin might be exhausted; that’s why he is frustrated on his daughters as well as his wife by
beating them. Daiyu, being a working mother also unable to give quality time to her daughters
and it could be effected to her health as well because she mentioned she is unable to get proper
sleep after her return to the job. The inattention of the parents leads the Lucy in thumb sucking,
regressing to toilet training and tantrums like activities
Planning: Development of a nursing goal for the family
Short term goals included, Jin and Daiyu should take care of their health and get proper
sleep as according to the Maslow theory, health care under the basic need of a person’s life
(Highland, 2016).To attain the level of self-esteem and self-actualization, it is necessary to take
care of their basic needs (Henrikson et al., 2017). Jin should relax after coming home by going
some relaxation exercises and some coping statements for his frustration. It is a part of the
mental health that came under the basic need of a person (Kotteeswari, & Sharief, 2014). Long
term goals included the behavioral management of Lucy’s regression. Children mostly show
regression due to distress situations and experiencing it on a daily basis.
Implementation of Nursing Care Interventions
Psychosocial intervention plans could be applied to managing the issue of the Zhang
family. These intervention plans address psychosocial or relationship problems. Psychosocial

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interventions in which person show primary symptoms of mental health problems (Youde,
2013). Cognitive-behavioral therapy and behavioral therapy like therapies or models will be
included in these interventions (Edens, 2013). Jin and Daiyu both have to go for their work for
long hours that leads to a stressful situation. Studies indicated that a person’s physical and mental
health is badly affected by the stress in the job (Henrikson et al., 2017).
This stress created impact not only on the work environment but also at their homes and
the individual have to live in continuous state anxiety, and tension. This anxiety and tension
affected the relationship of the person with his workers as well as in the home environment
(Youde, 2013). In the case of Jin, he has to work hard and usually, and he has to leave home
early and came back late. This situation stays him on the environment of continuous tension and
anxiety (Edens, 2013). To cope with this situation, Jin provided by the activity scheduling
technique and coping statements for lowering down his stress (Moreira et al., 2013). Relaxation
exercise, like deep breathing, will also be taught to him so that he could able to relax whenever
he frustrates (Kotteeswari, & Sharief, 2014).
Daiyu has the same stress situation as she joined the clinic after six months. Same
techniques will be provided to Daiyu to cope with the job stress situation. She has sleep
problems because of the breastfeeding routine of her six-month-old daughter. Daiyu’s sleep
problem is related to her daughter’s sleep. In this case, behavioral treatment will be provided to
alter the sleep pattern of her daughter. Time will be scheduled for waking up and bedtime by
giving the child positive reinforcement (Horne et al. 2015). Studies indicated that besides
positive reinforcement, systematic ignoring the child’s call at night would also be effected to
manage the sleep pattern of a child (Costa, & Ceolim, 2013). By ignoring the child’s call reduces
the child call that leads to the set pattern of the sleep (Kotteeswari, & Sharief, 2014).