Chapter 24 Flashcards
Family centered nursing
Nursing that considers the health of the family as a unit in addition to the health of individual family members
Nuclear family
Parents and their offspring
Extended family
Relatives of nuclear family
Systems theory
Interdependent, working toward specific purposes and goals
Structural-function theory
Structural: membership and relationship to family members
Functional: effects of intrafamily relationships
Assessing
Determine the level of family functioning, interaction, strengths, weakness health status
Genogram
Visual representations of gender and lines of birth descent through generations
Eco map
Provides a visualization of how family unit interacts with the external community
Family
Basic unit of society