FAMILY NURSING ASSESSMENT Flashcards
✓ A tool used in gathering data of the family in the community which generates what health conditions or problems that the family may categories
FAMILY ASSESSMENT TOOL
✓ It involves a set of actions by which the nurse
determines the status of the family as the client.
✓ Is the process of collecting data about the family
structure and the relationships of
interaction among individual members and to
formulate an effective family nursing care plan/
diagnosis.
FAMILY
NURSING
ASSESSMENT
Include the composition and demographic of the members of the
family/household, their relationship to the head and place of residence, the
type of, and family interaction./ communication and decision making
patterns and dynamics.
Family structure, characteristics and dynamics
Include occupation, place of work, and income of each working member,
educational attainment, religious affiliation, significant others and other role/s
they play in the family’s life and the relationship of the family in the larger
community
Socio – Economic and Cultural Characteristics
Include information on housing and sanitation facilities; kind of
neighborhood and availability of social, health, communication and
transportation facilities in the community.
Home and Environment
Includes current and past significant illness; beliefs and practices conducive to
health and illness; nutritional and developmental status; physical asseessment
findings and significant results of laboratory, diagnostic test and screening
procedures.
Health Status of each member
Include of preventive services; adequacy of rest, sleep, exercise, relaxation
facilities, stress management or other healthy lifestyle activities and immunization
status of at risk family members.
Values and Practices on Health Promotion/ Maintenance and
Disease Prevention
Include those that specify or describe the family’s realities, perceptions about and attitudes related to the
assumption or performance of family health tasks on
each health condition or problem identified during the
first level assessment
SECOND LEVEL ASSESSMENT DATA
The nurse starts with
establishing a
working relationship based on:
❖Respect
❖Trust
❖Shared goals
❖Clarity of expectations
Patient visits the Health center to avail of the services
offered by the facility primarily for the consultation on
matters that ailed them physically
CLINIC VISIT
Family nurse contact which allows the health worker to
assess the home and family situations in order to provide the
necessary nursing care and health related activities.
HOME VISIT
Clarify the Purpose of Home Visit
PHASE 1: INITIATION PHASE
✓ Initiate contact with family
✓ Determine family willingness
✓ Schedule home visiting
✓ Review records
PHASE 2: PRE-VISIT PHASE
✓ Introduction him/her self -warm greeting
✓ Social interaction (to develop trusting relationship)
✓ Implement nursing process
✓ Assess Diagnose Plan Implement Evaluate
PHASE 3 - ON HOME PHASE
✓ Review visit with family
✓ Plan for future visit
PHASE 4 - TERMINATION PHASE