week 1 Flashcards
Kaakinen & Hanson (2015) Family
“Family refers to two or more individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and financial support. The members of the family are self-defined.”
Vanier Institute of the Family 2015
“Any combination of two more persons who are bounds together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption, or placement
Government of Canada
“Census family refers to a married couple and the children, if any, of either or both spouses; a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either or both partners; or, a lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children
What are the functions of the family?
Providing affection
Providing security and acceptance
Instilling identity and satisfaction
Promoting affiliation and companionship
Providing socialization
Reproduction
Family SYstems Theory
Concept 1 –All part of the system are interconnected
Concept 2 –The whole is more than the sum of its parts
Concept 3 –All systems have some form of boundaries or borders between the system and its environment
Concept 4 – Systems can be further organized into subsystems
Duvalls Family Developmental theory (idk this one)
Task 1 – Arranging space for a child
Task 2 – Financing childbearing and child rearing
Task 3 – Assuming mutual responsibility for child care and nurturing
Task 4 – Facilitating role learning of family members
Task 5 –Adjusting to changed communication patterns
Task 6 – Planning for subsequent children
Task 7 – Realigning intergenerational patterns
Task 8 – Maintaining family members’ motivation and morale
Task 9 – Establishing family rituals and routines
Family Stress Theory
Stressors that impose an impact on family relationships and dynamics, can be internal and external
The internal context involves elements that a family can change or control. The external context consists of the time and place in which a particular family finds itself and over which the family has no control.
McGill Model of Nursing
The nurse encourages the family to develop and be aware of their strengths in order to build upon these resources.
Strength Based Nursing
Approach to care that acknowledges and works with the client’s and family’s strength to promote health, recovery and healing
Approaches to Family Nursing
Family as Context
Individual is in the foreground and the family is in the background
Family as Client
Family as foreground and the individual is in the background
Family as System
Interactional family, focus on the context and client simultaneously
Family as a Component of Society
Family is seen as one of many institutions in society
What does Strength Based Nursing do?
Empowers individuals and their families to achieve their own goals and find new meaning in their lives
