...Analysis of CK and the K Family Jane Doe Introduction Family nursing is a fairly new concept relative to the history of nursing practice. With any type of nursing process, assessment is the first (and ongoing) part of the process, followed by care planning and intervention. In delivering comprehensive care, the nurse must incorporate assessment of the family unit, or lack there-of, associated with the identified patient. Many family assessment tools have been devised to assist the nurse in gathering accurate data while opening up lines of communication and reflection for all members involved in the process. Selection of the appropriate tool for the identified family is crucial. Effective tools must be easy to administer in a fairly short amount of time and the data collected needs to be immediately available and useable. Family members need to see the relevance of the information gathered, and how it assists in improvement of their care- ideally soon after discussion, either by the nurse or a clinician. An initial interview and follow up discussion with the K family was completed over the course of 3 sessions. The first encounter involved only the identified patient (IP). The second was the remainder of the family, and a third was with CK’s perceived family. After an initial assessment and evaluation of the K family a suggested direction of care emerged, but was re-evaluated after the second interview. This development was then paired with...
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...solid foundation required to develop a plan and provide optimal care to their patients. This assessment is significant not only to individual patients, but their families, who are becoming increasingly recognized for their significance to the health and well being of individual family members. Nurses use a variety of tools in family nursing, and one of the most significant includes the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM), developed by Wright and Leahey. CFAM is an integrated conceptual framework used for interviewing and making assessments of families. It consists of three major categories, structural, functional and development, and each category contains its own subcategories. This paper will demonstrate the assessment of my family, the Fournier Family, using the Calgary Family Assessment Model. Strengths and weaknesses of the family will be determined, information which is necessary for the development of three significant nursing diagnosis applicable to the family. Interventions to meet the outcomes of these diagnoses arise through collaboration between the nurse and family, as they develop strategies to promote, improve, and sustain effective family functioning. Through the use of this model, assessment, diagnosis and interventions will each be identified and applied to the Fournier Family in an effort to improve the families’ outcome as a unit. Central to the delivery of safe and effective family nursing care is the nurse’s ability to make accurate assessments, which...
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...PYC4808 - Ecosystemic Psychology Assignment 03 Unique number 677475 15 JULY 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page Number Question 1 Construct a three generational genogram of the Rogers family 3 Question 2 Draw an ecomap (ecological map) of this family in context 4 Question 3 Briefly describe (a) the story as seen from the perspective of each one of the family members 5 (b) describe the development frameworks relevant to the Rogers family 7 Question 4 Provide a first-order cybernetic description of this family 8 Question 5 Provide a second-order cybernetic description of this family 10 Question 6 References 11 Plagiarism 12 Ecological map of the Rogers family 3. (a) Briefly...
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