...Chapter I INTRODUCTION “The family is the nucleus of civilization.” -Ariel and Will Durant: Wisdomquotes.com The family is the smallest unit of the society and the natural fundamental core of the community and consequently, it is considered as the primordial recipient of the nursing effort, which is contributory to the development, and progress of the community through active involvement and self – responsibilities of each constituent. It is composed of persons, male and female, being molded to be as one, working hand in hand to maintain a good atmosphere among the family members. A nucleus controls the functions of the entire cell and can be thought as the “command center” of the cell. The nucleus as well has different components which are all needed in order for it and the cell to function well, same as with the “commander” or the head of the family and the members who has different functions within the family. The impression or status of each family will always affect the status of the community as a whole. Community health nursing is a response to the health needs of the people. It does not focus on a particular class or family. It is comprehensive and general in approach. Community health service is not episodic as it requires continuous observation and monitoring of the community as a whole. Promotion and preservation of the health of its different clients (individual, family, group or community) is the primary goal of community health nursing. ...
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...Family case study assignment-2 Nicole Bennett Family Dynamics HUS 121 In my family the (Cohesion) level is disengaged, because we all went our different ways and really didn’t get to know one another. It was always one person cause problems with everybody (my grandma). My family is very unbalanced. My mom and I use to be very close (Cohesive). Nothing and no one could have come between us. We had a lot of (togetherness). We was (connected) our dependence was on each other and we trusted no one but us. In my personal relationship we do everything together and when we are apart we really miss each other. I feel we are (connected) to one another. We are (disengaged) from our family and that leaves us to only depend on each other. To my understanding we have a (Enmeshed) relationship. That’s something we both don’t have with our family. The (flexibility) in my family was great at one point then it fell off. We had a lot of stability within our family. The leadership that we had died. When that happens the (structure) fell apart. Everyone wanted to be the leader instead of sharing it. The unbalanced came in when people couldn’t work together. My family really wasn’t good at change. (Chaotic). When something would happen in the family they would take it as if the world had just ended. The one that was supposed to be the leader or the person that made the family run right could handle what was being thrown their way. So that made everything unbalance. Now that older and in...
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...Running head: SMITH FAMILY CASE STUDY 1 SMITH FAMILY CASE STUDY 8 Smith Family Case Study Thomas J. McCarthy Grand Canyon University: PCN-531 March 29, 2017 Smith Family Case Study Explore Treatment Issues After the loved one has been through a substance abuse treatment program, and is being discharge, it is now important for the family to become involved. Substance abuse addiction is a “family disease”. And, one way to become involved in the ongoing recovery is for the family members to attend 12-step meetings such as Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, and Alateen. (Gifford, 2016) These will not only help the family members with how to deal with an addict,...
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... Their paediatrician suggested they take Lisa to a neurologist and after extensive tests, it was determined that Lisa has cerebral palsy. The services available for the Meyers family in the community are Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy (OFCP), Ontario Association of Children Rehabilitation services (OACRS), and Grandview Kids. Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy program supports and responds to requests from families of parents with children with cerebral palsy. They offer information, and funds resources, such as therapies, education, and parenting issues. OACRS is a useful link to the sites of other organizations, which parents and families might be interested in. Grandview Kids provide services and support for children and youth with special needs and their families to achieve their personal best....
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...The case of the Walls family takes place in Welch, Virginia. The address they reside at is 93 Little Hobart Street. The house is grey, but has several spots of paint missing. The stairs on the pathway are rigid and a safety hazard, with the stairs leading up to the house, already rotted and as well as a potential safety hazard. The inside of the house is only three bedrooms and is not very clean with items taking up every wall. There is mold on books in the house as well as mushrooms in almost every corner. The wires are exposed in the kitchen and there seems to be no running water to use even in the bathroom. The bathroom is only a toilet over a hole, forcing the children to use a bucket emptied in holes because it fills up quickly. There...
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...On November 7, 2017, a family from Layette, Louisiana came in to have Annie their five-month old daughter checked due to recent changes in her motor development and violent fits. The family has not traveled outside of the country besides visiting grandparents and other relative in Quebec. The mother addressed how both mom and dad have deeps roots tracing back for several generations in the Cajun community in Layette. A Great Aunt from the mother’s side expressed similar symptoms as an adult and died after bearing children. During Annie’s initial checkup several concerning symptoms were presented. While checking Annie’s vision with a light, she was unable to follow the light of a flashlight. Annie is not responsive to the environment around...
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...The Jarrett family consists of a son, a mother, and a father. Conrad, the son, was involved in a boating accident with his brother Buck. Tragically, Buck died in the boating accident while Conrad survived. Dealing with survivor’s guilt, Conrad attempted to end his life. This created many strains within the family. Beth, the mother, began to grow distant from Conrad. She started to worry more about her family’s image rather than worrying about her family. However, Calvin, the father, tried to connect with Conrad while appeasing Beth’s attempts to avoid all conversation about Buck. This created distant and strained relationships between one another. Conflict management could have helped strengthen their relationships. Conflict management is the process of limiting the negative aspects of conflict, while increasing the positive aspects of conflict. While communicating, the Jarretts would engage in...
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...Family: Justin continues to reside in Roselle with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Williams and his grandmother. Justin home environment is very emotional volatile (i.e. there is lack of communication between youth and his parents; youth feels unwanted and unloved by his parents). Justin has made it very clear that he no longer wants to live in his parents’ home because he knows that they no longer want him in their home. Justin continues to have a positive relationship with his maternal grandmother. In the past Justin has runs away from home in order to get away from family drama. On 5/4/17 Justin was admitted onto the Trinitas CCIS unit due to homicidal ideation about his mother at school. Justin was successfully discharge from the CCIS unit on 5/8/17 and placed in the Youth Shelter in Elizabeth. Justin was placed in the Youth Shelter on 5/8/17 due to Mrs. Williams not feeling comfortable with Justin being back in the home after making homicidal threats about her. Since Justin discharge on...
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...Objective: The researchers who conducted this experiment wanted to improve the engagement of high-risk adolescents and their families in treatment by augmenting in-home family therapy with short and creative experiential activities. Method: A Texan social service agency that serves families with troublesome adolescent children presented families with the opportunity for this study. The recruitment criteria were that the youths were 12-17 years old and were living at home, the family resided within a 30-mile radius of the agency, and at least 1 parent was willing to participate in family therapy sessions. Parents and youth who agreed were provided a full explanation of the study. Researchers documented the number of sessions each family attended in the 12 week period. For the intervention group families, all sessions took place in their homes and their therapy included the addition of experiential activities that were developed to target...
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...Description I am thirty three years old and recently decided to advance my career opportunities by taking online college courses. At that time I never thought that I would find myself in the roles of a mom to a newborn baby boy, a wife of an active duty service member, and a student. At first, I found it most discouraging trying to find the time to balance college classes with all of the activities in my daily life, as being married to a soldier of the United States Army means being a single mother, currently living in a foreign country, at times of deployment. Several years have passed since I graduated high school and educational advancement was not my first priority. At that time, I had decided to join the United States Armed Forces and serve my country while stationed in Europe. Although I do not regret that decision, I do however regret not attending college directly after high school and having the option to join the service as a commissioned officer. I now decided that going back to school to obtain my Bachelor’s degree in Human Recourses Management at Penn Foster College would offer many career opportunities and set an example for my son. Taking online courses has proven to be more difficult than I thought. With my 9 week old son needing my attention most of the day, my husband working extended hours and housework piling up, I do not have the luxury to always have a set schedule allowing me to attend traditional college classes on a campus and in class rooms. My husband...
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...Family refers to two or more individuals who identify themselves as family and manifest some degree of interdependence in interactions with each other and their environment in meeting basic human needs for affection and meaning. In today’s world there is a variation of single-parent, stepfamilies or blended families, dual-career families in which both parents work, married couples without children, cohabitating couples, and gay and lesbian families are more typical of the diverse family patterns today. For this assignment I chose a blended family, this is a family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships. In this case, the father and also the step parent is thirty five years old and the mother is thirty two years old. They have an older male child who is the son of the mother from a previous marriage and is ten years old and the smallest child is a girl from this current marriage who is six years old. All four of them are white in race and Hispanic in ethnicity. In the family that...
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...Using the strengths perspective and your knowledge of assessment explain how you may approach the problems being experienced by the client. The Siegel family is a disengaged family that have several communication and belief barriers. Each family member has their own personal strength that they bring to the family. The expectations and roles they expect of each other seem to be causing chaos in the Siegel home. Mr. Siegel is a dedicated family man who loves his wife and daughter very much. He is a hard working emotionless man. He is a strong believer in his faith as a Jewish man with high expectations of his daughter. He expects his daughter to maintain a high GPA, practice Jewish religion, and become a honest, responsible member of society. He fails to recognize the emotional and physical abuse his daughter has been through. He...
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...grandparents). Type2- The actively drinking member of the nuclear family has stopped drinking. Type3- Active drinking has been removed from the family for one generation to more generations. Type4- The non-alcoholic family becomes alcoholic. Chapter2– THE RULE OF RIGIDTY- having the alcoholic syndrome is unpredictable behaviour because it is the root of your family. THE RULE OF SILENCEbe- open to...
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...The reporting party (RP) stated a visit was made to the foster family home on 6/2/16 to observed foster infant Adonai. Adonai was born at 25 weeks gestation, was prenatally exposed to Methamphetamines, has special need, and is medically fragile. Subsequently he has chronic lung disease, Bronchial Pulmonary Dysplasia and is on oxygen 24/7. As of this day Adonai is a client of the Inland Regional Center. Adonai has been with his foster parent for 7 month. During the visit the RP observed that Adonai's right arm was physically twisted in a disfigured condition. The foster mother disclosed she didn't know his arm was in such a condition. According to the RP, Adonai holds his right arm down and behind his back. The RP had difficulty moving the...
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...establish new rituals (activities) as a “family.” They have discussed the possibility of taking all the children on a “family” vacation as well as would like to take their relationship to the next step and get married. The couple is concerned that their children may feel as if they are being forced to befriend the other children and do not want to cause any conflicts. Both parents would like to establish a relationship with the other’s children but do not want them to feel like they are trying to replace the respectable biological parent. The children like the idea of having additional siblings but the girls are concerned that mom will not have the time for “girl things” and that they will have to share their games with the boys. The boys are concerned that they will no longer get to go on their outings with just their dad and that they are concerned with giving up their personal space to the girls. In my opinion, these are all valid concerns but nothing that cannot be worked through with communication via family meetings and some compromise as well as reassurance from each parent to the children. It is great that the parents have both agreed to take things slowly in introducing the children to each other as well as to the other adult. The parents have also agreed to create new traditions and activities that will help to establish a feeling of togetherness. “All families struggle at times to be happy, but blended families often have bigger obstacles to face...
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