...Family Health Risk Assessment: Friedman Family Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V October 19, 2014 Introduction As nurses, we are concerned with not only and individual’s health, we are concerned with a family’s health. How a family interacts with health matters greatly influences how an individual will address their own health care issues. This paper uses Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern as the context for a family health assessment and interview that was conducted with an adult son of a Long Island, Jewish family. A series of thirty-three questions were asked, three to each corresponding area. Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern is comprised of eleven “functional health patterns that help organize a family health risk assessment.” (Edelman & Mandle, 2014). The eleven areas are noted to be as follows: 1. Health Perception/Health Management 2. Nutrition/Metabolic 3. Elimination 4. Activity/Exercise 5. Sleep/Rest 6. Cognitive/Perception 7. Self Perception 8. Roles/Relationships 9. Sex/Reproduction 10. Coping/Stressors 11. Values Beliefs (Edelman & Mandle, 2014). Brian F. Family/Values Brian F. is the youngest adult son of a Long Island, New York, Jewish family that includes his father, mother, and two older siblings. Brian’s sister, Robin is the first-born and 6 years older than Brian, followed by his brother, Jason who is 4 years older than Brian is. Brian’s mother, Patty, was a stay-at-home...
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...High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Mary Ann Bennett University of Phoenix NUR/542 Melinda Church August 6, 2012 High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Assessing health needs is a fundamental nursing skill. Unfortunately, many nurses only associate the assessment process to the individual patient they are caring for and fail to assess and address the needs of the entire family. Performing a family assessment is vital, especially when working with high risk individuals and groups. High risk families can be defined as those families with a higher than expected risk for developing a particular disease or injury in association to their lifestyle, environment, habits, or socio-economic conditions. Post active-duty war veterans are a group that is at high risk for developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which can lead to physical, psychological, and social problems. These problems not only affect the veteran but also strongly alter the health and lifestyle of the entire family. The objective of this paper is to present the health profile and behaviors of PTSD veterans, describe assessment models and theories that are applicable to the patient and family, and identify Healthy People 2020 objectives that relate to this high risk group. In addition, the paper will present nurse intervention strategies based on health promotion and prevention as well as the role of advanced practice nurses as case managers. Health Profile ...
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...High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper Shova Rajbhandari NUR/542 April 23rd, 2012 Tracy Kramer MSN, RNC, FNP High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper For High risk family assessment: Intravenous Drug users (IDUs) family is chosen Common health issues /profile among members or families from this high-risk group: Drug abuse involves the regular taking of a deleterious or noxious quantity of any drug, prescribed or illicit over a period of time (Freidman, 2003). Those people who become severely drug dependent most often need specialized treatment in order to recover. A wide range of treatment is available through private sector and public sector. Recovery treatment centers usually incorporate the family into treatment plan, which makes it more effective in their treatment of the substance abuser. > HIV positive IDU and family members > IDU has a wide range of coinfections, coinfections, comorbidities and injecting related health issues. The common health problems in this IDU family are: • Infection with blood borne viruses, including hepatitis B, C and D (delta) leading to liver diseases • Bacterial infections: tuberculosis, bacterial pneumonia, • Alcohol dependence and alcohol-related liver disease • Poly substance dependence • Psychiatric comorbidity, including depression. • Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) • Local soft tissue and vascular injuries, including skin abscesses and...
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...High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper Corey Hollmann University of Phoenix NUR/542 6/30/2014 Danielle Patrick High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion-Suicidal Ideation Suicide and ideation to commit this final act, is a grave public health concern that is multifaceted and responsible for significant family risk. Suicide is a behavior that has worldwide resulted in nearly one million fatalities annually. Suicide is commonly an act driven by impulsivity and followed by thoughts of hopelessness and doom. In the United States, firearms, particularly handguns, are the most common means of suicide. Despite extreme notoriety, suicide and suicidal ideation remained stigmatized and hidden behind shadows of shame. Acts of deliberate self-harm and unsuccessful attempts remain largely underreported (Fleischmann et al., 2008; Freedenthal, 2007). Summary of Suicide Risk Health Profile The incidence of suicide has remained a significant health risk across multiple demographics, cultures, and sexes. In between the years 1999 and 2008, the suicide rate increased 10.5% and from 10.5 to 11.6 people per 100,000 population. Male's record rates that are four times greater than females while non-Hispanic whites recorded 14.1 suicides per 100,000 (National Vital Statistics System, 2008). Suicide is a behavior that exudes complexity that is characterized by methods to potentiate intentional termination of one's own life. The World Health Organization (WHO) has...
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...Family Assessment and Teaching: LMA Family The purpose of the family assessment is to identify the family problem areas, and the family strengths. These are used as building blocks for the provider to use for interventions, and to strengthen the family. The use of family-identified problems and the provider’s interventions allows for commitment on solutions, and ensures more successful interventions (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.319). The Family Development and Life Cycle Theory is a framework that predicts stressors on families as they change and transition overtime. This theory describes the family at the different stages, based off of the oldest child of the family. The theory also talks about how the family has to accomplish the different task for each stage (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.312-313). The LMA family includes...
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...Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Autonomy vs. Shame (McLeod, 2013) | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Initiative vs. Guilt (McLeod, 2013) | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Industry vs. Inferiority (McLeod, 2013) | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: (Edelman, 2010) (Jarvis, 2012) (McLeod, 2013) List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | Able to express feeling bad/sick but have little understanding of the meaning of health. Depend on the caregiver for health management. Ready for independent activities. Often imitate parents or caregivers. Ex. brushing teeth on their own but unaware of the health benefits. | Able to verbalize when in pain or not feeling well. Curious about their body and its functions. View the internal body to be hollow. | Aware of how their body functions and when it is sick or not functioning properly. Have abstract thought and understand the definition of health and factors causing illness. Cultural influences contribute to their perception of illness. | | Risk for injury r/t accidental exposure and environmental dangers. Risk for poor health maintenance r/t caregiver knowledge deficit. | Risk for disturbed...
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...mental state examination and risk assessment. It will aim to consider interventions identified in the initial assessment and discuss some benefits. It will look at Christine’s diagnosis strategies and treatment which can be used. It will look at the types of service which might be consulted about helping her. The K10 tool was chosen because the use of the self-report measure is a desirable method of the assessment as it is a genuine attempt on the part of the clinician to collect information on the patient’s current...
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...Running 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 Risk Assessment Beverly James submitted to Laura Lisicki MS, FNP-BC in partial fulfillment of NR 478 Community Health Nursing Practicum Regis University October 17, 2012 Family Health Risk Assessment Health risk assessment is an important component in health promotion and disease prevention in the individual, the family and the community. Choices can be healthy or unhealthy and each individual’s exposure may not have the same implementation. “The factors that determine or influence whether disease or other unhealthy results occur are called health risk” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2010, p. 334). This paper discusses the family and the assessment process. The use of the genogram and ecomap will be used to present family data. By reviewing the genogram, biological and age-related risks facing the family will be determined. The ecomap will present the social and environmental risks facing the family. As a final point, an analysis of the genogram and ecomap will be utilized to summarize the family strengths and problems or potential problems. Introduction of the Family and the Assessment Process The J family has the following family members: * Mr. D. J., a 58 year old financial analysis who just recently lost his job, has obesity, hypercholesterol, sleep apnea and borderline hypertension * Mrs. B. S., a 58 year old mother, a full-time Registered Nurse, and going to college part-time, has hypercholesterol and suffers with gastroparesis * R. S...
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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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...STUDY GUIDE for C475 Care of Older Adult Objective Assessment Exam questions are taken from the Learning Objectives under the 9 Competencies: #1 Competency 742.1.1: Compassionate and Respectful Care of Older Adults The graduate integrates principles of compassion and respect for patients and their families into the planning and delivery of care to a diverse population of older adults and into advocacy for vulnerable older adults. This topic addresses the following learning objectives: * Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations about aging. * Describe how the RN’s personal beliefs and values may impact the care of older adults. * Articulate the concept of individualized care as the standard of practice with older adults, considering the right care, at the right time, in the right place and by the right provider of care. * Define Baby Boomers * What are the five racial groups listed in your text? * How would you perform discharge teaching to an Hispanic patient * Apply effective and respectful communication strategies in the care of older adults and their families. * List some of the changes of aging that could affect therapeutic communication * Note the ways to communicate or assist a patient with disabilities such as hearing deficits, vision impairments, or aphasia and dysarthria. Be familiar with the types of hearing devices. How should you address the older adult during therapeutic communication? ...
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...Older Adult Objective Assessment Exam questions are taken from the Learning Objectives under the 9 Competencies: #1 Competency 742.1.1: Compassionate and Respectful Care of Older Adults The graduate integrates principles of compassion and respect for patients and their families into the planning and delivery of care to a diverse population of older adults and into advocacy for vulnerable older adults. This topic addresses the following learning objectives: * Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations about aging. * Describe how the RN’s personal beliefs and values may impact the care of older adults. * Articulate the concept of individualized care as the standard of practice with older adults, considering the right care, at the right time, in the right place and by the right provider of care. * Define Baby Boomers (those born from 1946–1964) reach retirement age (as of 2011) A large group of people born between 1946 and 1964, in the time after the Second World War. * What are the five racial groups listed in your text? African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Asian, Hispanic, White * How would you perform discharge teaching to an Hispanic patient Teach the family as well because more than likely, pt is going home and family is his/her primary caregivers. * Apply effective and respectful communication strategies in the care of older adults and their families. * List some...
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...Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Autonomy vs. Shame (Edelman, Kudzma,&Mandle, 2010) | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Initiative vs. Guilt (Edelman, Kudzma,&Mandle, 2010) | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Industry vs. Inferiority (Edelman, Kudzma,&Mandle, 2010) | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | Child learns to be more independent and acquires new skills. He/she relies on the caregiver for the health management. -Choosing a toy to play with. -Not afraid to walk away from their parent | Child explores his/her interpersonal skills via initiating activities, know parts of their body. -Able to verbalize pain -Leading others | Child develops sense of pride in his/her achievements, understand the need for healthy checkups. -Know how to read and write -Confident and able to achieve goals. | | -Accidental injuries -Poor dental hygiene | -Feeling guilty for being nuisance. -Become slow in interacting with others | - Feeling of inferiority -Frequent illnesses | Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: List two normal assessment findings that...
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...proposed functional health patterns as a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing data base. A family’s functional health patterns evolve from a client_enviromental interaction. Each pattern is a expression of biopsychosocial integration.There is no one pattern which can be understood without the knowledge of other patterns. Functional health patterns are influenced by biological, developmental, cultural, social, and spiritual factors.A functional pattern represents a healthy set of behaviors.The judgement of whether a pattern is functional or dysfunctional is made by comparing assessment data. These 11 categories make possible a systematic and standardized approach to data collection, and enable the nurse to determine the different aspects of health and human function. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed by the use of family focused open ended questions. 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. SUMMARY OF THE FAMILY To assess the family using the Gordon’s 11 functional health pattern the author has chosen a joint Indian family.The head of the family is Abraham who is 70yrs.He lives with his wife Mary 62yrs,son Jacob 38yrs,his wife Alice 34yrs and two children’s Annie 14yrs,Ashley11yrs. Using Gordon’s 11 functional assessment open ended question...
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...head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Revathy V. Anderson NRS 429V Grand Canyon University Instructor: Cherryl Llanos March 15, 2012 Family Health Assessment Family health assessment helps to collect information on different aspects of life of a family and recognizes the risk factors before it progresses into a complication. Gordon’s 11 functional health models “is a tool used in collection and organization of health data of families so that an accurate authentication and communication can be established” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). This paper will identify positive and negative health characteristics of “Kurup” family. Family Dynamics The family members are four multiracial people. Father JK is 39 years old, mother RK is 30 years old, and they have two boys MK, 11 years and VK, 11 months old. JK and RK are married for 5 years. They both work fulltime, MK is in elementary school. Parents work opposite days and stay home with the kids as much as they can. Values, Health Perception JK stated their values and beliefs are strong. They also said they have very strong family relation, they are Hindu followers, and they like to attend the temple at least once a week, even though they are living in another country they like to keep their traditions. They all pray at night before they go to sleep. Family likes to spend time together as much as they can. JK stated the health of the...
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