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Using the Concept of Family Strengths to Enhance Nursing Care

   

Added on  2020-12-24

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What benefits do you think a family strengthsassessment can have for clinical practice and promotion

TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................................................................................1Benefits and role of family strength assessment in nursing care practices .....................................1Incorporation of strength based nursing care (SBNC) principles in family functioning............1Family strength assessment tools ...............................................................................................2Bidirectional interaction between nursing practices and strength based well-being ofindividuals: .................................................................................................................................2REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................4

BENEFITS AND ROLE OF FAMILY STRENGTH ASSESSMENT IN NURSING CAREPRACTICES The family centred approach is very useful for nurses to achieve their nursing goalseffectively. It is required for the nurses to analyse the family strength so that they can developbetter understanding of the care needs of patient. By implementing family strength assessmentnurses can make attempts for strengthening the functioning of family. The family support canminimize the psychological stress and thus emotional support help patient to recover quickly(Effectiveness of person and family- centred care transition interventions: a systematic reviewprotocol, 2017). These benefits can be achieved by implementing use of family strengthassessment. Family strength qualities include aspects such as commitment and affection amongfamily members. Unity during crisis and stress needs culturally competency sense of spiritualwellbeing and holistic care (Freeman, Yorke and Dark, 2018). For example, if in case careworkers are dealing with old age individual suffering from depression then interaction of nurseswith the families will help the in deriving core reason behind suffering of individual. Familybeing the guardians are aware about the situation faced by patient like, work stress socialisolation, financial crisis, Thus, with the help of this, measures can be taken by families andnurse altogether to deal with patient’s problem. Hence, this type of care can be only providedwhen nurses will know the family functioning and their strengths. Incorporation of strength based nursing care (SBNC) principles in family functioningSBNC principles mobilize and develop the strength of an individual so that health carecan be promoted. Following principles of SBNC are useful for empowering family functioning The potential of every individual is significant and they can provide more clarity in assessmentof the patient. Principle of personal and family centred care: The carers and families are activelyinvolved in decision making so that they can understand the need and impact of nursinginterventions (Law, 2014). Principle of holistic care: Nurses are liable to meet holistic needs of patients. The familymembers can help health providers to know the various attributes of patient like basic1

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