CHN WEEK 4 Flashcards
Defined as “the process of providing for health care needs of families that are within the scope of nursing practice “
FAMILY HEALTH CARE NURSING
Family health nursing considers the family as a whole rather than just focusing on individual members.
Holistic Approach
Nurses assess not only the physical health of individuals but also the family’s dynamics, roles, relationships, and overall environment..
- Assessment and Care Planning
Family health nursing emphasizes prevention and health promotion.
- Preventive Care and Health Promotion
Nurses provide emotional support and counseling to families dealing with health challenges.
- Support and Counseling
Family health nurses often coordinate care among various healthcare providers and services.
- Coordination of Care
Understanding family dynamics and relationships is key to effective family health nursing.
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
Family health nurses educate families about health conditions, treatment options, and self-care practices.
- Education and Empowerment
Family health nursing also considers broader factors such as community resources, environmental influences, and social determinants of health that affect family well-being.
- Community and Environmental Factors
Family health nurses may engage in research to improve practices and outcomes related to family health.
- Research and Advocacy
Family health nursing involves collaborating with other healthcare professionals, such as physicians, social workers, and therapists, to provide comprehensive care that meets the diverse needs of families.
In the family level, the family is the patient which means that the nurse provides care to two or more individuals in a single household
- Collaborative Care
“The family is a group of persons usually living together and composed of the head and other persons related to the head by blood, marriage, or adoption.”
National Statistical Coordination Board, NSCB 2008
“The family is a social unit interacting with the larger society.”
Johnson, 2000
*A family is characterized by people together because of birth, marriage, adoption or choice.”
Allen et al, 2000
“A family is a two or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing and emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being part of the family.”
Freidman et al., 2003
husband, wife, and their
immediate children-natural, adopted or both
Nuclear Family -
husband and wife
Dyad Family -
consist of three generations- married sibling, or grandparents
Extended Family-
one or both spouses brings a child or children from previous marriage into one living arrangement
Blended Family-
where a man has more than one spouse
Compound Family-
live-in arrangement between an unmarried couple
Cohabiting Family -
results from a death of spouse, separation or pregnancy outside of wedlock
Single Parent -
cohabiting couple of the same sex
The Gay or Lesbian Family -
Despite the changing forms of the family, it has remained the universally accepted institution for reproductive functions and child rearing.
PROCREATION-
Socialization is the process of learning how to become productive members of society. It involves transmission of the culture of a social group.
SOCIALIZATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS-
Society is characterized by a hierarchy of its members into social classes. The family confers it’s societal rank on the children. Depending on the degree of social mobility in a society, the family and the children’s future families may move from one social class to another
STATUS PLACEMENT-
Observes that the Rural Family is a unit of production where the whole family works as a team participating in farming, fishing, or cottage industries.
ECONOMIC FUNCTION-
The family provides for the survival need (food, shelter, and clothing) of its dependent members, like young children and the aged.
PHYSICAL MAINTENANCE-
The family supports spouses or partners by providing for companionship and meeting affective, sexual, and socioeconomic needs. By developing a sense of love and belonging, the family gives the children emotional gratification and psychological security.
WELFARE AND PROTECTION
Community health nursing has long viewed the family as an important unit of health care, with awareness that the individual can be best understood within the social context of the family.
FAMILY AS A CLIENT
It is way to explain how the family as a unit interacts with larger units outside the family and with smaller units inside the family.
General System Theory-
Three Subsystem of the Family (Parke 2002)
- o Parent-Child Subsystem
- o Marital Subsystem
- o Sibling-sibling Subsystem
providing its members with means for health promotion and disease prevention. Breastfeeding an infant, a healthy diet for older family members, bringing a young child to the health center for immunizations, and teaching a child about proper handwashing are a few examples of family health
The first family health task
Recognizing development.
interruptions of
health or development
• Seeking health care.
• Managing health and nonhealthy crisis. The family’s ability to cope with crisis and develop from its experience is an indicator of a healthy family.
Health Tasks according to Freeman and Heinrich (1981)
• Filipinos are accustomed to using the words “po,” “opo,” and “ho” when they are conversing with older people or, sometimes, with those who are in a high role or a prestigious member of society. Using these words is customary in the Philippines, and it shows a sign of respect if you do so.
Paggalang
There is a general yearning to be accepted and well-liked among Filipinos. This applies to one and his or her friends, colleagues, boss, and even relatives.
Pakikisama (Helping Others)
pay your debt with gratitude.
there is usually a system of obligation. When this value is applied, it imparts a sense of duty and responsibility on the younger siblings to serve and repay the favors done to them by their elders.
Utang na Loob (Debt of Gratitude)
putting importance on your family.
• This implies that a person will place a high regard on their family and prioritize that before anything else.
Pagpapahalaga sa Pamilya (Prioritizing Family)
This controls the social behaviors and interactions of a Filipino. It is the value that drives a Filipino be obedient and respectful to their parents, older siblings, and other authorities.
• This is also a key ingredient in the loyalty of one’s family.
Hiya
one of the practices of Filipino traditional medicine, thought of as ‘healing’
makes use of the most popular and useful herbs: tanglad, lagundi, sambong and more native plants that have healing and therapeutic properties.
Hilot
expert in post-natal massage.
Comadrona
aligns nerves and balances electrical energy
Acupressurist
drains excess energy
Reflexologist
uses herbal in healing.
Herbalist
a form of alternative medication that uses “cups” on the skin to create suction. This suction is trusted to help in mobilizing blood flow and promote the healing of a broad range of medical ailments.
Cupping therapy
