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.
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The family is measured the natural and fundamental component of the community. The household members make up the family as a structure. The family includes members of different age 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
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A 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
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HERITAGE ASSESSMENT GRAND CANYON UNVERSITY FAMILY-CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION NRS-429V-0506 February 13, 2015 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT America having been a very welcoming nation with welcoming people continues to experience immigrants from other parts of the world in search of better living standards and employment opportunities, hence has a high growing population with diverse cultures .This writer is a new immigrant from Africa .For that reason it is important for nurses to learn the health practices
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Family Health Assessment: Mohr Family Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion February 28, 2016 Family Health Assessment: Mohr Family The Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Assessment is a very useful tool in assessing and evaluating a family’s established health patterns. This enables the health care provider an inside look at the overall health of the family and assist them in setting goals for better health outcomes for the entire family. The Mohr family consists
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Family Health Assessment Name: Julie Carr Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-O105 April 5, 2014 A family health assessment is an approach used by nurses to evaluate and determine the family’s health status and to develop a plan for care for a family as a whole or individually. The purpose of this paper is to interview a family about various functional health patterns and summarize the findings. After evaluating the findings the author will develop two nursing diagnosis based off the family’s
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Teaching – Learning Process (Parents with school aged diagnosed with ADHD) James C. Whear Metropolitan State University Instructor: Deborah Matthias-Anderson NURS 407-01 Family Health Nursing December 7, 2012 Objectives Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a syndrome of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The 3 types of ADHD are predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, and combined. Diagnosis is made by clinical criteria. Treatment usually includes
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voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Our Vision: Our vision is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question. Our Mission: Smoke free public places, more walk able and bikable streets, roads and parks, better nutrition and high-quality physical education in our schools, adequate, affordable and available health care for
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Families created out of second marriages often begin with high expectations. Parents hope to avoid or to fix the mistakes made in a previous marriage and to find the love or security that has been missing. Some hopes maybe little more than fantasies, but any that goes unfulfilled cause stress. In a structural-functional approach, the family is viewed as an organization arranged in a structure with a hierarchy that enables it to perform necessary functions. The family is organized into smaller parts
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES PAGES: UNITES STATES SUPREME COURT CASES Adams v. United States ex rel. McCann, 317 U.S. 269 (1942) ARIZONA V. FULMINANTE, 499 U.X. AT 310-311 (1992) Brecht V. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 629-630 (19930 CARTER V. ILLINOIS, 329 U.S. 173, 174-175 (1946) CLEBURN TEXAS V. CLEBURNE LIVING CENTER, 473 U.S. 432, 439 (1985) COLUMBUS BOARD OF EDUCATION V. PENICK, 443 U.S. 449 (1979) DAVIS V. UNITED STATES, 417 U.S. 333 (1974) DENT V. WEST VIRGINIA
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