...Shaken baby syndrome is often seen in infant under the age of 1year. Shaken baby syndrome is caused by forcefully and violently shaking a baby. SBS is a leading cause of child abuse deaths in the United States. Babies (newborn to 4 months) are at greatest risk of injury from shaking. Inconsolable crying is a primary trigger for shaking a baby. Physical signs of abuse do not always occur with shaken baby syndrome. However, an X-ray or eye examination by a doctor may show signs of trauma. A doctor may detect rib fractures or notice bleeding behind a baby’s eyes. If symptoms do appear with shaken baby syndrome, they may include: difficulty staying awake, body tremors, breathing difficulties, poor eating habits, vomiting, discolored skin, and seizures. Neglect is another form of abuse seen in this age group. Federal officials define neglect as a failure to meet a child's basic needs, including housing, clothing, feeding and access to medical care. It's not primarily infants being hit, but parents showing signs of not being able to really care for their infants and abandonment and newborn drug addiction also qualifies as neglect. Physical abuse such as punching, beating, kicking, biting, throwing, stabbing, choking, hitting (with a hand, stick, strap, or other object), and burning occurs in this age group also. Ways to recognize abuse in infants, they may display changes in appetite, a total loss of interest in food, unexplained gagging and vomiting, and other symptoms related...
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...Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Childrens Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler 1-3 Ericksons Developmental Stage: * | Autonomy... Save Paper Children's Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: * How does the person describe current health... Save Paper Children's Functional Health Exam Childrens Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Toddler |Preschool-Aged... Save Paper Childrens Functional Health Assessment Childrens Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Toddler |Preschool-Aged... Save Paper Children Functional Pattern Assessment Childrens Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Ericksons Developmental Stage: AUTONOMY VS SHAME &... Save Paper Functional Health Assessment Childrens Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Functional Health Pattern |Toddler |Preschool-Aged... Save Paper Functional Health Pattern your health, the health of your children and the health of your Community (EPA, 2011). [pic] Environmental Tobacco smoke is Dangerous to the Health of... Save Paper Functional Health Guide Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide * Functional Health Pattern (FHP) Template Directions: This FHP template...
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...health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for an individual or family. Nurses therefore have an important role in health promotion and by using the principles of Gordon’s functional health pattern it can assist in developing a diagnosis and nursing care plan. The functional health patterns serve as a framework that is adaptable to all models of care that can be used as a tool for nursing diagnosis for individuals or communities. It is based on the assumption that health and wellbeing is the result of harmony between the body and the environment (Crisp & Taylor 2009, p. 257). The eleven functional health patterns, was used by the nursing student as the basis for an interview conducted with Daphne Trigg. The aim was to identify the functional and dysfunctional patterns in her everyday life. Daphne Trigg is a sixty seven year old woman who lives in the northern rural area of Adelaide. Collection of basic information and sequences of behaviour were captured and these patterns are also used by health professionals to form client data bases, structure assessments and make diagnoses (Gordon 1994, p. 69). This essay will incorporate discussion of relevant literature and aims to gather ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’ (Crisp & Taylor 2009, p. 260) data as this provides an informative awareness of the interviewee’s overall health. Topics covered are the eleven functional health patterns. They consist of Health Perception–health management patterns, Nutritional–metabolic...
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...head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Thresiamma John Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Stout, Kimberly March 11 2012 Family Health Assessment Introduction A comprehensive family assessment provides a foundation to promote family health (Edelman & Mandle, 2011). 1987 Marjorie Gordon purposed 11 functional health patterns to use for guidance in order to facilitate nurses to have a frame work for the family assessment in. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns help organizes basic family assessment information. This standardized format will guide nurses to complete the family assessment using system approaches, which will identify a patient’s developmental stages and risk factors. Once the functional and dysfunctional behaviors are identified for an individual or within the family history, planning begins in order to achieve the goal with the nurse and the family involved. This will help nurses to create interventions to modify influencing factors to promote positive changes. The 11 functional health patterns are health perceptions and health management, nutrition and elimination, activity and exercises, sleep and rest, cognitive and self perception, role and relationship, sexuality and reproduction, coping stress, value and belief (Koshar, n.d.). Nursing diagnosis and assess these 11 functional health patterns. This paper will discuss the 11 functional health pattern assessments and how it relates...
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...Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion 06/01/16 Family Health Assessments A family health assessment is important in understanding and formulating a wellness plan for the patient and their family as a whole. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in assisting a family understand wellness by utilizing Gordon’s functional health patterns when performing the assessment on the family. Nurses have an important role in educating in regards to health promotion. This writer has developed several open ended questions in regards to health patterns based on the Gordon’s functional health patterns which includes question from nutrition to coping skills and everything in between. This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and will assist the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions for the family involved. Discussion The family this writer has chosen to utilize is the Maldonado family, consisting of Mr. Maldonado whom is 28, Mrs. Maldonado whom is 31, and their two boys Chris 7, and Gabe 2. The assessment began with a health perception and health management in which the family verbalized of some of their health practices and habits for preventing illness and maintain health. The selected family have been married for 6 years and both come from Hispanic backgrounds. Mrs. Maldonado stated in regards to health practices and management stated she is responsible for maintain...
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...Running Head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University NRS 429 15 March 2009 Instructor - Catherine Tiwald RN MSN WHNP-BC Family Health Assessment Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern assessment was developed from the belief that all human beings have in common 11 functional health patterns that contribute to their health, quality of life and achievement of human potential. By examining functional patterns, nurses can more accurately determine and diagnose actual or potential problems, intervene more effectively and achieve outcomes that promote health and well-being (Edelman & Mandle, 2006). This paper will examine the 11 functional health patterns of a selected family; make nursing diagnosis recommendations and offer community and web-based resources for support. Additionally, the paper will review the role systems theory had in assessing the target family. Family Demographics The target family (Family “P”) identified themselves as white, middle class and educated. The husband, age 42, develops computer software. His wife, age 45, home schools their three children, ages 14, 11, and 5. The two younger children are adopted from Guatemala and China. Interview Process and Results Both parents answered multiple questions for each of the 11 functional health patterns, and where applicable, a physical examination was conducted. For the health perception/health management pattern, they answered the question “What are the most...
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...A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment. The assessment began with a health perception and health management pattern in which the family verbalized different health practices and habits for preventing illness and maintain health. The selected family was a young couple who has been married for 11 years, and has three children. The father is 39 years old, the mother is 36 years old, and their children’s ages are 10, 7, and 2. Based on the health perception and health management, the family verbalized that they do not smoke or drink alcohol...
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...Family Health Assessment A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment. The assessment began with a health perception and health management pattern in which the family verbalized different health practices and habits for preventing illness and maintain health. The selected family was a young couple who has been married for 11 years, and has three children. The father is 39 years old, the mother is 36 years old, and their children’s ages are 10, 7, and 2. Based on the health perception and health management, the family verbalized that they do not smoke or drink...
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...group from newborns to elders. The family’s activities and reactions influence the patterns of the family as a whole (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle 2014, p. 2014). The ultimate aim of the treatment is to expedite the fitness of the family. Family health valuation defines the assessment of actual and potential problem of individual (Gordan 1994). The goal of health care is giving straight and indirect treatment to the person and the community in terms of valuation, analysis, nursing interventions, application and estimation. Historically conceptual models are used to assess the family in nursing practice. Health assessment included with subjective and objective data. Here Gordan’s 11 functional health assessment patterns are used to assess this family. The Gordon’s functional assessment patterns are a valuable tool for assessing and evaluating the family’s traditional health patterns, and permitting the health care provider to look at the inside of the overall health of the particular family. Family Background The family I selected belongs to an African ethnic group. This essay discusses the health pattern and functions of Nyennoh’s family. This is a nuclear family with mother of age 32 father of 34 and three children of age groups, eleven year old boy, nine year old girl and five year old boy. Both of the parents are working, and splitting their days of taking care of the children. Mother is working as a nurse at the hospital for three days and father working as a...
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...Family Health Assessment A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment. The assessment began with a health perception and health management pattern in which the family verbalized different health practices and habits for preventing illness and maintain health. The selected family was a young couple who has been married for 11 years, and has three children. The father is 39 years old, the mother is 36 years old, and their children’s ages are 10, 7, and 2. Based on the health perception and health management, the family verbalized that they do not...
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...Family Health Assessment A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment. The assessment began with a health perception and health management pattern in which the family verbalized different health practices and habits for preventing illness and maintain health. The selected family was a young couple who has been married for 11 years, and has three children. The father is 39 years old, the mother is 36 years old, and their children’s ages are 10, 7, and 2. Based on the health perception and health management, the family verbalized that they do not...
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...Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Laisa Johny Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429V February 17, 2012 Family Health Assessment Family health assessment is an important tool and crucial to understand family problems, developing plan of care and provision of care according to their needs. Nurses have an important role in health promotion. “Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are the foundation for the nursing diagnosis and health promotion in family and community” (Edelman & Mandle, 2009, p.149). The assessment pattern has 11systemic principles for the collection of data from the family, helps for nursing diagnosis and interventions. Open ended questions are prepared based on Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns to interview family. I selected a nuclear family consists of parents and three children. Parents aged 40s married for 16years and kid’s ages are fourteen, twelve and four. First assessment of the family was the health perception and management. Family explained about their different practices and habits to maintain health. Family does not have any bad habits like smoking, alcohol or drug abuse, all members had annual screening and up-to-date with immunizations. For the nutritional metabolic assessment questions, family verbalized they are conscious about eating healthy meal with adequate intake of nutrients, calorie and fluid. They cook their food at home; eat plenty of vegetables...
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...Assessment of the Family using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns Grand Canyon University: NRS-429-V October 06, 2013 Health Assessment of the Jackson’s Family, using the Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns. The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns Assessment is a very useful tool in assessing and evaluating the family’s established health patterns, allowing the care provider an inside look at the overall health of a particular family and able to assist them in setting goals for better health outcome for the entire family. This paper will discuss the health habits and manner of functioning of the Jackson’s family, which consist of a mother age 41, father age 37, and 3 teenage sons, ranging in ages from 19, 16 and 14. This assessment will be conducted by asking 2 to 3 open-ended questions based on Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns. The findings of Health Patterns of the Jackson’s Family, using Gordon’s Health Assessment. The Jackson’ Family is your typical family with a mother, father and 3 children. They have some set values and beliefs, and yet have some chaotic health behaviors which can become problematic eventually in the future, especially for the mother. In evaluating and assessing this family, it is evident that it is a family in which members care for one another very much. In the Pattern of Health Perception and Assessment, this family has a routine by which they will not seek medical assistance unless in emergency needs, but do follow up annually...
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...Family Health Assessment When it comes to defining family many people have many different ways to define family because it means something different to everyone. Overtime the typically family has changed and is much more diverse when it comes to the individuals that make up the family because of beliefs and values. The way that it is defined currently is a family is a set of interacting individual is related by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles (Edelman & Mandel, 2012). When it comes to health promotion and disease prevention the family is the primary source in which individuals learn how to deal with these issues and influence the individual. When it comes to family care and support the best approach is to make it as family centered as possible. According to Gordon, functional health patterns encompass human growth and development, represents bio psychosocial expressions of the whole person, and allow for developmental assessment of client-environment interaction (Krozy & McCarthy, 2002). This paper will focus on a family assessment performed by using a family centered approach known as Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns help organize basic family assessment information (Edelman & Mandel, 2012). The functional patterns help nurses to better assess a family and develop a proper nursing diagnosis for the family which results in better...
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...Health Assessment Valerie McNeil Grand Canyon University: NRS-429 November 24, 2013 Family Health Assessment As nurses it is essential to use appropriate tools to assess individuals, families, and communities. Throughout this paper the writer used The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns as a guide to assess a family. This family included a mother, a father, one son, four daughters, and two grandsons. The writer developed two to three open minded, family focused questions for each of the 11 functional health patterns. In this paper the writer summarizes the findings of each functional health patterns of the family, and identifies three wellness nursing diagnoses based on the family assessment. The family being interviewed has a well pattern of health perception and health management. None of the family members have been hospitalized for long periods of time. The family members do not use drugs, or tobacco. Two of the older kids do drink alcohol occasionally, but the rest of the family does not. The family does not have the best nutritional-metabolic patterns. The family does not use vitamins or supplements, as well as the daily intake of food does not have a well balance of fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, and protein. Two of the family members have eczema, and multiple family members have dental problems such as cavities. Most family members do not have problems with bowel patterns or bladder control. The father of the family has colon cancer and his bowel pattern changes...
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