finals Flashcards
roles of family
Wage earner, supplies the bulk of the income of the family
-Financial manager
-Problem solver
-Nurturer
-Decision maker
-Health manager
-Gate keeper
functions of family
regulates sexual behavior
biological maintenance function
socialization function
the family gives it membership status
social control function
economic function
duvall’s 8 stages of life
beginning family
childbearing family
family with pre school children
family with school children
family with teenagers
launching center families
family of middle age years
family in retirement and old age
Involves a set of actions by which the nurse measures
-the status of the family as a client
-its ability to maintain itself as a system and functioning unit, and
-its ability to prevent, control or resolve problems in order to achieve health and well-being among its members
family nursing process
data gathering methods/tools
observation
interview
physical examination
records review
Basis for estimating the nursing needs of the family
-A family health care need is present when:
-the family has a health problem with which they are unable to cope
-there is a reasonable likelihood that nursing will make a difference in the family’s ability to cope.
family coping index
placing the family in relation to their ability to cope with the nine areas of family nursing at the time you observed and as you would expect it to be
a point of scale
brief statement or phrase that explain why you have rated family as you have
-expressed in terms of behaviour of observable facts
-physical independence
-therapeutic competence\
-knowledge of health condition
-application of principles of general hygiene
-health attitudes
-emotional competence
-family living
-physical environment
justification statement
ability to move about, get out of bed, take care of daily grooming, walking and other things which involves daily activities
physical independence
includes all the procedures or treatment prescribed for the care of ill
-giving medications, dressings, exercise and relation, special diets
therapeutic competence
concerned with the particular health condition that is the occasion of care
knowledge of health condition
family action in relation to maintaining family nutrition, securing adequate rest and relaxation for family members, carrying out accepted preventive measures.
application of the principles of general hygiene
the way the family feels about health care in the general, including preventive services, care of illness and public health measures
health attitudes
emotional competence
maturity and integrity with which the members of the family are able to met the usual stresses and problems of life, and to plan for happy and fruitful living
interpersonal or group aspects of family life
-how well the members of the family get along with each other, the ways in which they take decisions affecting the family as a whole
family living