Intro to Family Nursing Flashcards
What is family?
Group of individuals bound by emotional ties, belonging, passion. Fluid/constantly changing, pluralistic and culturally dependant, socially constructed
What is legal family?
Group of 2/more persons residing in same household related by blood, marriage, or adoption
What is an economic family?
Group of 2/more who live in same dwelling, related by blood/marriage/adoption/common law. May be opposite or same sex.
What is a census family (political)?
Married couple (with or w/out kids), common law couple, lone parent with at least 1 kid, same/opposite sex, step families, and live in same dwelling.
Nuclear family?
Husband and wife who are married with kids (can be adopted)
What is a nuclear dyad family?
A married couple without kids (no kids, or kids have left the home).
Cohabitating family?
Unmarried couple living together, with or without kids.
Communal family?
Intimate network of unrelated adults and their kids who make a commitment to live togetehr
5 attributes of family?
- Family is a system/unit
- Members may be related and live together or not
- Unit may/not have kids
- Commitment/attachment among members and includes future obligation
- Unit caregiving functions consists of protecting, nourish, and socialization
Vanier institute of family - definition of family
Combination of 2/more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth/adoption, and who assume responsibilities.
What is family diversity and some characteristics?
Recognize/embrace uniqueness of each family. Stuff like race, religion, language, economic status, family forms, residence and regional differences, generational differences, immigration experiences.
Family health definition?
Dynamic changing state of well being and its holistic (includes biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and culture factors of members).
Traits of healthy families according to Curran?
Communication, support/affirm, fosters table time and convo, trust, teaches respect, play/humour, balance of interaction among members, shared responsibility, teach right/wrong, and seeks help with problems.
How do nurses contribute to family health?? ADEFF
- Assess/appraise family meanings of health
- Determine family strengths/capabilities
- Educate about health/healthy living
- Facilitate use of health resources
- Foster active involvement of families in healthy communities
Family’s influence on health?
They define illnesses, health, treatment. Asked to be caregivers.