...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 Evaluation Introduction Health Assessment is the plan of care that identifies or recognizes particular needs of an individual and how the needs will be addressed and conducted by the health practitioners or health care systems. Health Assessment is the gathering of information by physical assessment or extensive medical questionnaire. The health evaluation is done diagnose diseases early in characters that seem to be in good health condition. The purpose of the health assessment is to establish a plan of care for the patient and family. The health assessment takes into consideration eleven health patters. The interview was conducted using these eleven health care patterns with three open ended family focused questions per health pattern. A family health assessment is a critical approximation tool used in the healthcare system for the formulation of the family health plan. The research by the health practitioners as in the paper gives detailed information on the role of nurses in the family assessment and how the task can be done. Based on Gordon's principle of functional health pattern, the paper provides a summary of the findings of the health patterns of the involvement of the family with the inclusion of nursing diagnosis of each assessment offered to them. The use of this technique creates a standard systematic approach to collect information and data analysis considering the nurses determine to consider the aspects of health management, sexuality, sleep/rest...
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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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...Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT April 09, 2011 FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment The family of my choice is the Jones family. Sarah Jones is 40years African American, born into the Jones family with both parent alive and grandparent alive. The Jones family are devoted Catholic, they believes strongly in their Christian faith. Sarah Jones family has history of diabetes, hypertension, constipation, alcoholism and long history of smoking. Sarah Jones has history of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a long 2 history of smoking cigarette ,chronic back pain, insomnia,depression and she weighs 300lbs and height 4.5ft tall , has never being married and has no children. Sarah Jones lives with her parents and she is an unemployed student, Sarah’s parents are retired. Health perception and Health Management In regards to the data collect on Ms Jones , it is noted that she has a long family history of smoking . Sarah Jones also has history of smoking cigarette, Sarah Jones has history of congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, which will result in failure to nourish tissues(Gordon, 1987). Nutrition and Metabolic Ms Jones data collected indicated a history of being obese and diabetes and she is unemployed and lives with her parents who are retired , Sarah Jones has problem of insufficient fund which makes it difficult for her to purchase food that are recommended for diabetic client and also she is unable to make good selection of food...
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...Family Health Assessment Student Student Students In Christ University Family Centered Health Promotion 429V Janet Wall March 24, 2013 Family Health Assessment An assessment was performed using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns to gather data about a family. “Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns (2007) help organize basic family assessment information (Friedman et al., 2003)” for the purpose of evaluating and identifying dysfunctional patterns and recognize strengths within the family and to aid the nurse in planning interventions for maintaining health and well-being of each individual within the family (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p. 177). An interview was conducted with a family consisting of 3 generations living together in one household. The family consists of a 50-year-old grandmother, Janet, her daughter, Holly (age 23), and the 4-year-old grandson, Brandon. The daughter and grandchild recently moved from Ohio to California following a divorce because they needed financial and emotional support. Both adults work and take care of Brandon, with his mother being the primary caretaker. He also goes to pre-school part time (personal communication, 2013). This seems to work and helps give Brandon a sense of security and safety. The review of health functions is as follows: 11 Functional Health Patterns Values, Health Perception Maintaining and carrying on the family cultural health practices is very important to this family, as they are primarily...
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...A family health assessment is the single most important method in determining the health care plan to adopt for each family. This paper will elaborate the nurse’s task in family assessment and how it's accomplished successfully with minimal stress. A nurse plays the central role in health promotion. The author has selected a nuclear family to successfully determine these important tasks. Using the open minded family focused questions, the assessment covered 11 functional health patterns. This principle is known as the Gordon's functional health assessment pattern and includes 11 systematic principles for the gathering of data about the family and helps the nurse develop nursing diagnosis and appropriate preventive interventions in family health promotion. By applying the Gordon’s functional health patterns, the author will summarize the results of each health pattern developed and the appropriate diagnosis for each of the family based nursing assessment. Alongside web-based resources, this paper will also discuss diverse health promotion strategies that will include a system based theory guide in family assessment. Values, Health Perception The chosen nuclear family is a middle aged couple, married for 22 years and with 2 children, girl and boy. The father is 45 years old Professor of Economics at a community college, the mother is 42 years old Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. The children's ages are 21 and 19 years and are in college. They live in a single family home....
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...Family Health Assessment Shaila Rahman Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Melanie Gray MSN October 19, 2014 Family Health Assessment Gordon's Functional Health Patterns provide a useful structural guideline that help nurse or any health care provider to assess any family’s health status and develop a nursing diagnosis according to their need to improve their quality of life. Through each of these eleven patterns of health assessment, nurse can create a systemic approach and gather information which help them to understand a family values from each prospect of human health status. The health assessment begin with asking two or three open ended questions to a selected family. This family is a young couple who have been married for 11 years. The father is 39 years old and the mother is 36 years old, who stays home with two children. They are 7 and 2 years old. Values/Health Perception Family history begins with the health perception-health management pattern (Edelman, 2013). Based on health perception and value, the family verbalized that they are thankful and blessed with two beautiful healthy children. Mother has occasional migraine headache but no disabilities issues in the family. No one smokes or taking drugs. They do socially drink alcohol but no more than 3-5 drinks a month. They always go for annual health checkups. Kids are up-to-date with immunization. They are Christian. They go to church every Sunday. They value being in healthy...
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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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...Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V March 14, 2014 Introduction Family has an important role in health promotion paradigm. It consists of two or more person’s lives together or apart. A family is linked by blood, marriage, adoption or commitment to care for one another and achieve their expected part. Nurses finish a holistic nursing assessment of individual, family and community requirements. By using evidence-based context, such as Gordon’s functional health pattern assessment, will help nurses provide a broad nursing assessment of the patient. Nurses can ask eleven family focused questions which offer an outline of the individual’s health eminence and health practices that lead the individual to reach their current level of health or wellness (Edelma & Mandle, (2010). This essay is about a family conference and is supported by an addendum. The enquiries were quizzed throughout the course using Gordon’s functional health pattern and the diagnosis of the individual’s wellness had focused on the family assessment. Family Interview Health Perception/Health Management This author talked to a family that consists of a father, a mother, a fifteen year old daughter and a ten year old son. The husband and wife are well aware about their health concerns, management and advancement actions. They are also aware about their health management; they reflected on it and were engaged most of the time with some hindrances...
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...Family Health Assessment Family Health Assessment Health Assessment Questions 1. Health promotion a. What do you do to improve or maintain your health? b. What do you know about the links between lifestyle choices and health? 2. Nutrition a. Do you have any diseases that effects food choices? b. Do you consider yourself well nourished? 3. Sleep and Rest c. Describe your sleep wake cycle? d. Does this person appear physically relaxed and rested? 4. Elimination a. Do you have any disease of the digestive system, urinary system or skin? b. Are your excretory functions within the normal range? 5. Activity and Exercise a. Do you have trouble completing activities of daily living? b. How do you describe your weekly pattern of exercise and relaxation? 6. Cognitive/Perceptual a. How educated is this person? b. Do you have any diseases that effects the mental/sensory functions? 7. Self-Perception/Self-Concept a. Are you comfortable with your body image? b. Can you describe your state of mind? 8. Role Relationship a. How would you describe you various roles in life? b. Which relationships are most important to you at the present? 9. Sexuality a. Are you satisfied with your situation related to sexuality? b. Are you having any difficulties with your sexual functioning? 10. Coping/Stress Tolerance a. How do you handle stressful situations? b. Do these actions...
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...FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT This assessment was conducted after interviewing the Nelson family using Gordon’s functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon developed a method to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive nursing assessment. It includes eleven principles for the collection of data and helps the nurse identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses. It is a systematic and standardized approach to data collection (“functional health” n.d.). The Nelson family includes a husband and wife named Gerad age 31, Kelsey age 29, and their two daughters Elliot age 4, and Lucy age 2. I first met Kelsey at work where she is also a critical care nurse with a young family just starting out. The following paragraphs contain my assessment findings. The Nelson’s are Lutheran and attend church 1-2 times per month. They are all up to date on their physicals and vaccines and for the most part a very healthy. There is no one being treated for a chronic condition. Both parents work full time and have access to health insurance. In regards to nutrition they describe eating whatever they want although they do believe in moderation. They have just recently starting to meal prep in order to cut down on how much they dine out. No one is on a restricted diet. They allow healthy snacks for the girls mostly fruits, cheese, and peanut butter sandwiches, and are all within range for acceptable body weight and height. Kelsey takes a...
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...FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT "Family" is defined as a unit/group as a system of the OR operation of individuals, i.e., living people, having the recognition of belonging by other constituent member(s). Family health care nursing is "The practical science of preventative and remedial support to the family in order to help the family system unit independently and autonomously maintain and improve its family functions" ( Naohiro Hohashi, 2013). In this system of nursing, care is family-centered, which means, focusing on the whole family and not just a single person. An open and developing system of interacting personalities with structure and process enacted in relationships among the individual members regulated by resources and stressors and existing within the larger community (Smith & Maurer, 1995). In this paper writer collects both functional and non-functional behavioral data by using the Gordon (2000) theory. Gordon contributed a 11 functional model of health, by using a pattern of health to indicate a series of recurring behavior. The questionnaire for family health assessment is prepared according to the 11 functional patterns of Gordon. First of all, the student took an appointment with the family, who is a friend as well as neighbor of the interviewer. The interview was conducted on their apartment. At first, they provided a warm welcome. The family was vey co-operative and tried to answer almost all the questions, which was prepared for this assignment. The student...
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...What are Functional Health Patterns? A functional health pattern is an assessment tool used to help identify family needs in regards to their health. The assessment evaluates weakness and dysfunction within the family that could increase potential risk factors in association with overall health and wellness (Edelman, 2010). By identifying the problem areas allows for intervention and promotional strategies to alleviate the dysfunction. Health Pattern for my family There are eleven areas of the family health assessment: Values, health perception, nutrition, rest, elimination, activity, cognition, self-perception, role relationships, sexuality and coping. My family values include Christianity and spirituality. My family states if you give to the lord he will give back. We have some unhealthy habits in terms of adequate nutrition. We base our meals on convenience instead of health. We eat fast food or restaurant food for approximately 3 meals per week. When meals are prepared at home we eat at the family dinner table. Easy snacks and meals have become a commodity and convenience has overpowered healthy meals. Obesity, Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension run on all side of our family and should be a factor in relationship to our nutritional intake. We have a routine at home with nap and sleep schedules. However, I have a small child who frequently wakes in the night and disturbs the household sleep pattern. My husband also suffers from frequent insomnia...
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...Family Health Assessment The health of a family is a vital part of how that family interacts with one another and how each individual of the family will function in society, later teaching their children about a healthy lifestyle or lack thereof. The family health assessment helps to identify risk factors and potential dysfunction (Edelman, 2014) I interviewed a single parent family home about their health and how they perceive it. This family is an all-male family, an athletic seventeen year old boy getting ready for his senior year, a twenty year old young man, and a hardworking, dedicated, overweight father. Growing up Robert, the father of this family, was the eldest of three siblings. His parents didn’t give him much to any guidance at all for health and wellbeing. Frequently, his father abused and beat him. Food was always available to him and his parents encouraged him and his siblings to eat when, what and how much they wanted. Currently all three siblings are overweight. As a parent he has pushed the issue of healthy eating and regular exercise as well as their importance to his boys, as he learns more about health, wellness, and nutrition he attempts to teach his boys. They have and do discuss nutrition over meals and while shopping. He tries to teach his boys how to read labels and the consequences of eating without regard to caloric intake, using himself and his brother and sister as examples. Previously he enforced teach back by having his boys cook and prepare...
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...Family Health Assessment Family health assessment is a great tool to utilize to develop health care plans for the individual family. There are many cultural beliefs and values shared by family members that influence their health perception. Gordon’s functional health assessment is used for a comprehensive nursing data base collection of the family unit using both subjective and objective data. Gordon’s functional health assessment is a holistic approach describing the individual’s biopsychosocial-spiritual, interrelated behaviors in 11 different areas in a family/community life (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The purpose of this paper is to analyze a family of three African American adults using the Gordon’s 11 functional health assessment tool: values and health perception, nutrition, sleep/rest, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive, sensory/perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, and coping. This tool helps nurses to promote areas of wellness, as well as identifying health problem patterns, to assist the family to optimize their well-being. Values and Health Perception In interviewing this family, their perception of overall health is good. The husband (JG) is in his early sixties and work as a school counselor. He takes cholesterol medication for hyperlipidemia. His wife (MG) is in her late fifties and is a homemaker. She is over-weight and is on three different kinds of medications for diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension. They have three children...
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