Family Health Promotion Flashcards
Nurse’s role in family health promotion: be aware of
family’s attitude and behaviors
Nurse’s role in family health promotion: nurses should act
act a role model for the family
Nurse’s role in family health promotion: assist with certain behaviors (2)
- in growth and development behaviors
- in identifying risk taking behaviors
Family APGAR
Adaptation, Partnership, Growth, Affective and Resolve
APGAR: adaptation
utilize and share resources
APGAR: Partnership
sharing of decisions making
Partnership measures
satisfaction attained in solving problems by communication
APGAR: Growth
physical and emotional
Growth measures
satisfaction of available freedom to change
APGAR: Affection
how emotions shared b/w members
Affection measures
satisfaction with emotional interaction
APGAR: resolves how
time, space and money are shared
Resolve: measures
satisfaction with commitment made by other members of the family
Developmental theory
Duvall and Miller; identified stages of family life cycle and critical family developmental tasks
developmental theory focuses on
success in ability to adapt and function together
developmental theory explains what in regard to life cycle
patterned change, dynamic nature and how change occurs in life cycle
what does Success look like in developmental theory
being able to adapt to changing needs and demands and ensure family survival.
Stages of family life cycle: marriage
investment in spouse as major emotional source; interdependence
-developing common expectations about parenthood
Stages of family life cycle: birth of first child
having, adjusting to and encouraging development of infant while maintaining spousal relationship
Stages of family life cycle: pre-school age family
teaching self control and spontaneity in children; don’t realize consequences yes
Stages of family life cycle: elementary school age
expected to follow rules, learn, ability to retain and give back, cooperate
Stages of family life cycle: teenage family (4)
- balancing freedom w/ responsibility as teens mature and emancipate themselves
- independent as possible
- good foundation of rules
- every action has a reaction
Stages of family life cycle: launching adult children
maintaining a supportive home base
Stages of family life cycle: empty nest family
reestablishment of a more intensive husband/wife relationship
Stages of family life cycle: aging
coping with many different changes
structure functional theory: structure
family’s role and relationships and why
structural-functional theory: function
interpersonal relationships, who does what and how does it affect, continuous change
family is a system
a social system with functional requirements
roles for health functioning families (3)
- having resources and access to them
- nurturance and support
- maintenance and management of family system
dysfunctional families
conflict, misbehavior and even abuse on part of individual members of the family occur continually, leading other members to accommodate such actions
family systems theory
Dr. Bowen believes families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals
structural-functional theory: to understand the individual, we must
understand the family systems of that individual
Roles:
patterns of interaction become ingrained habits that make change difficult.
changes are caused by
normative and non-normative stress
values
passed down from generation to generation
nurse’s impact in regard to illness
family becomes hyper focused, stressed and emotional taxing and the nurse helps them cope because the home still has to function and family needs to be taken care of
role theory
- life is structured according to roles that are ascribed or assumed
- be responsible to fulfill family roles
role theory entails
role conflict and role strain
role theory- important to establish
clear roles within the family; directly connected to their ability to deal with day to day life, crises and changes
instrumental roles
Provision of physical resources, decision-
making and family management.
affective role of nurse
provide emotional support and encouragement to family members
role allocation and accountability
establish clear roles and be responsible in fulfilling family roles
family assessment-look at (6)
- patient is family
- cultural/religious influences
- support network
- communication patterns
- family type
- functional burden
family nursing intervention techniques include (6)
- behavior modification
- collaborative strategies
- education
- counseling
- family advocacy
- empowering families through active participation
Affective domain of learning
 tap into emotions and feelings to change someone’s belief
Ex: trying to educate a mother on the perks of breast-feeding and why it’s best for the baby
