...Friedman Family Assessment Wendie Land NUR/405 February 21, 2011 Beth Edwards, MSN, BC, FNP Friedman Family Assessment A nursing assessment of a family is the basis of nursing interventions. Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) state, “By using a systematic process, family problem areas are identified and family strengths are emphasized as the building blocks for interventions and to facilitate family resiliency (p. 567). The following paragraphs will describe a family that has become more typical in this day and age. The family consists of a mother, a father, a five year old daughter, a three year old son, and the father of the man of the house. The family that was chosen was interviewed as a family, but also individually. Family Assessment This family consists of RCT, DLT, their daughter JET, and son TLT. The family lives in a four bedroom brick house with their large sized dog, with two entrances, four steps to enter the front of their home, and a back door that you have to go through a fence to get to. Their home is in a quiet neighborhood with an elementary school a quarter of a mile down the road they live off of. Their daughter, CED, goes to this elementary school and is in the first grade. The family’s neighbors are all young couples who the neighbors across the street have two children ages 8 and 10. Their mortgage is $1,100/month. They have city water and sewage. The heat is gas heat and they have a central air conditioning. Their house is kept clean and well maintained...
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...The Friedman Family Assessment is an excellent tool that can assist a nurse when assessing and establishing nursing interventions within a family. This paper will review and discuss the interactions in a family that consists of a mother, father, grandmother and son. Identifying Data The family consists of the grandmother AB, the mother IB, the father PB , one daughter LB, and three sons’ AB, IB and SB. This family lives in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The mother (IB) is 59 years old and is currently finishing her third degree in Radiology. The father (PB) is 57 years old and has been working as a project manager for a well-known construction company in Pittsburgh for 26 years now. The eldest of their children, LB, is divorced with two children and lives in Georgia. The two older sons’ are both married with children and live nearby in the suburbs. The couple’s youngest son, SB, is 26 years old and lives at home while he works for a welding union. PB’s mother, AB, lives with the family and is 91 years old. AB and her former husband bought the large farmhouse and land that the family currently lives on. The house and mortgage have been paid off for several years now. The parents IB and PB both graduated high school and attended four-year colleges right away. IB is currently finishing her Radiology program, which will be her second earned degree since marrying PB. PB and IB live strongly through their Christian faith and are affiliated with a local church....
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...Friedman Family Assessment May 2010 University of Phoenix NUR/405 Amy Weaver A nursing assessment of a family is the basis of nursing interventions. Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) state, “By using a systematic process, family problem areas are identified and family strengths are emphasized as the building blocks for interventions and to facilitate family resiliency (p. 567). The following paragraphs will describe a typical family. The family consists of a mother, a father, a 10 year old daughter, and a six year old son. The family chosen was interviewed individually and as a family. This family consists of SM, CM, daughter EM, and son DM. The family lives in a three bedroom brick house, with three entrances, nine steps to enter the front of their home, 8 steps to enter from the garage and four steps to enter the back door. The back yard is fences with a four foot wood privacy fence. Their home is in a quiet neighborhood with an elementary school across the street where DM attends. Mom can watch DM play on the play ground at school from their back deck. Their daughter, EM, attends middle school. The family’s neighbors are all young couples with ten children ranging from age four to thirteen. Their mortgage is $998.00/month. They have city water and sewage. They gas heat, gas logs and a heat pump. Their house is kept clean and well maintained since CM only works part-time at a local physician’s office. CM’s, part-time position allows her to stay home when the children...
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...Friedman Family Assessment The Friedman Family Assessment is a tool used to assess the “family as a whole, as part of the whole of society, and as an interaction system” (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008, p. 569). The Friedman Family Assessment has certain assumptions for the families that are assessed with this tool. These assumptions include the families are “a social system with functional requirements, a small group possessing certain generic features common to all small groups, as a social system accomplishes functions that serve the individual and society, and individuals act in accordance with a set of internalized norms and values that are learned primarily in the family through socialization” (Lancaster & Stanhope, 2008, p. 569). The following is a Friedman Family Assessment of the Pedroza family. Identifying Data The Pedroza family resides in Temple City, California. The ethnicity of the family is that of mixed races that include Latin American and Hispanic. The family’s religious preference is Catholic. Their social class status is that of middle class. Their social class mobility recently changed as in the past two years, they have been recently renting a house in Temple City, California. Prior to residing in their rented house, they were living with a relative and sharing the property and household space. Developmental Stage and History of Family The Pedroza family is in Friedman’s Middle-Class North American Family Life Cycle stage three: Families with young...
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....Family Case Study: The Friedman Family Assessment Model (Stanhope, Appendix E pg 1035) provides you with one example of the types of data that need to be collected to conduct a family assessment. This assessment tool is useful when the nurse is assessing the family from a public health or community-based perspective. For this written assignment you will apply the Friedman Family Assessment Model to your own family. This paper is designed to expand upon your knowledge of family as client. Upon completion of the assessment you will reflect on how you define ‘family’ and how your definition of this influences your nursing practice. 1. Conduct an interview of your family, using the Friedman Assessment Model 2. Write a 6-8 page scholarly paper supported by a minimum of 5 current (within 5 years) scholarly references 3. Base your results on the interview with your family using the outline below. Make sure that you have covered all areas of the outline below: Family Case Study Paper: A. Identifying Data 1. Include your name 2. Identify family composition (complete family composition form) 3. Discuss cultural/ethnic/religious background 4. Identify social class status 5. Discuss family’s recreational or leisure time activities B. Developmental and Environmental Data 1. Identify family’s present developmental stage 2. Describe the extent of developmental tasks fulfillment 3. Discuss nuclear family’s history 4. Discuss history...
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...Read Closing Case Three: The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman on page 33. Watch the video of Thomas Freidman’s lecture at MIT which can be found at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/266/ Discuss the following questions: 1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer. I agree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat. I concur with this assessment because economic factors have all intertwined to create the environment for flattening. In other words, we can not go about doing things the same way. Change is inevitable and people must be willing to accept and adapt to it. 2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search? As a student performing a job search, one must realize the competition is stronger and stiffer in the job market. With the improvements in advance technology, individuals all around the world can apply for jobs in different countries, states, etc. As Friedman suggests, we must become “untouchable.” One must adapt and specialize where there is a need in the global playing field. 3. What can students do to prepare themselves for competing in a flat world? In order to prepare to compete in a flat world, an individual must constantly renew his or her technological and work skills, education and experience. Technology is changing daily and the world is moving at a significantly pace. Therefore, it is important to stress self-learning and learning to...
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...10 Washington children, ages 3 and 4, were enrolled in preschool programs that met the minimum state standards last year.” Their point is that this is a wide early education gap! Seventy percent of children are not enrolled in preschool programs that meet state standards. As well, as results in a Georgia State University study, indicated that preschool significantly decreases the achievement gap. Children began preschool well behind the national norms on three of four skill assessments (receptive language, cognition, letter/word recognition, and expressive language) and finished preschool well above the national norms after the program (Henry, et al, 7). This is why the government should redirect our resources to include universal preschool in the Yakima Valley. This will enable future generations to become curious, self-motivated, and improve the education gap, therefore competing in the new flat world. There is a correlation between the world, education, and jobs. According to Thomas L. Friedman, author of The World is Flat, the world is dramatically becoming “flattened.” Meaning that through the convergence of advanced technologies, the...
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...Friedman Family Assessment of the Matthew Family Community nurses can effectively assist and care for specific families within a community by identifying the issues of the family. Identifying the issues of a family will assist the nurse in developing effective interventions that will maintain quality care and promote standard of care. The Friedman family assessment model helps the nurse to identify these issues. According to Callahan (2003), “…a family assess model…assess key areas of family life in a structured manner” (p. 2). The following data is the assessment data of the family I will be observing for this class. The Friedman family assessment model was used as a guide to identify key areas. To preserve the identity of the family I chose to assess the names will be changed. Identifying Data John and Renee Matthew are the parents of a 15-year old son Mike Matthew. John, Renee, and Mike all live in New Tampa. John and Renee are divorced and share custody of Mike. Although divorced Renee chose to keep her marital name for the sake of Mike. Mike stays with John during the week and with Renee on the weekends. John is a 34-year old Hispanic mechanic who owns a mechanic shop. Renee is a 39-year old Jamaican who is a data entry clerk and is attending school to obtain her BS in accounting. Mike is a high school student. John’s mechanic business is doing well and Renee has a sufficient income. John likes to take Mike on camp trips and skating parks. Mike likes to...
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...Educating the public is a role every nurse must participate in to promote, maintain, and restore health among a community. To accomplish such requires community members receive and have a practical understanding of health-related information (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). One method to accomplish such is to develop a health educational plan. The purpose of this paper is to create a health education plan based upon information collected from a windshield survey and Friedman family assessment conducted by a nurse in the community of Palmdale, California. Areas that will be discussed include, a description of the educational need based upon assessment findings, educational goals and objectives, educational methods that will be used to implement the health educational plan, and the methods applied to evaluate the educator and process used in the development and implementation of the health education plan. Identification of a Health Educational Need In conducting a windshield survey and Friedman family assessment, the nurse identified multiple educational needs. The priority educational need in common and identified among both the family and the community of Palmdale, California is the need for education on the maintenance of chronic illnesses. Determining what chronic illness to focus on in terms of development of the health educational plan however, presented more of a challenge. When observing the community it was identified that multiple individuals had oxygen tanks providing...
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...1 The process of defining relationships among data to create useful information requires ______ knowledge 2 _____ are people who create, use, and disseminate knowledge and are usually professionals in science, engineering, business, and other areas. Knowledge workers 3 Data that can be used for a variety of purposes is said to be ______. Flexible 4 In information systems, _____ is used to make changes to input or processing activities. Feedback 5 ____ consists of computer programs that govern the operation of the computer. Software 6 An _____ is a network based on Web technologies that allows only selected outsiders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company’s intranet. Extranet 7 ____ is (are) considered to be the most important element in a computer-based information system. People 8 ___ involves using information systems and the Internet to acquire parts and supplies. e-procurement 9 A set of integrated programs that manages vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization. enterprise resource planning system 10 A(n) _____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making. DSS 11 The ______ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices to create, store, share, and use the organization’s knowledge and experience. knowledge management system 12 _____ is a branch of...
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...THE ECONOMIC THEORIES OF MILTON FRIEDMAN The Economic Theories of Milton Friedman Milton Friedman was one of the top and most influential economists whose conservative economic theories became influential during the last part of the twentieth century. This paper will explore his economic theories and how his policies were embraced by some conservative politicians but are not as widely adopted today. Milton Friedman would famously say “there is no such thing as a free lunch” (Moore 2012). What he meant was that everything comes with an opportunity cost. If the government spends money then that money must come from the private economy. He was an advocate of capitalism and his views helped revive modern capitalism in the latter part of the twentieth century. He was a proponent of the free market economic system and was opposed to government interference in the economy. Many of his theories have become accepted and lauded by modern day conservative politicians. Milton Friedman was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1912 to immigrant parents. He was awarded a scholarship to Rutgers University where he majored in mathematics. While at Rutgers he became interested in economics due to the poor state of the economy during the Great Depression. After graduating from Rutgers University he went on to receive his master’s degree from the University of Chicago and then on to Columbia University for his doctoral work (Academy of Achievement...
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...of sixteen. His father died during his senior year of high school. Friedman wanted to attended college even though it meant he would have to pay for it by himself. Luckily for Friedman, he was awarded a scholarship from Rutgers University. Friedman enjoyed mathematics and he went to school with the intentions of becoming an actuary (a person finds ways to manage potential risks), instead of what he is now famous for, economics. During his four years at Rutgers, he specialized in mathematics and went as far to taking a few actuarial examines. However, shortly after, he became interested in economics and eventually ended with a major in both actuary and economics. In Freidman’s autobiography, he mentions two men who helped him better understand economics. Arthur Burns, one of the men mentioned, was teaching at Rutgers while completing his doctorate for Columbia. “Burns shaped my understanding of economic research, introduced me to the highest scientific standards, and became a guiding influence on my subsequent career” (citation). Homer Jones was the other individual who had an impact on Friedman’s life. Jones introduced Freidman to rigorous economic theory, made economics exciting and relevant, and encouraged him to go on to graduate work. With Jones recommendation, the Chicago Economics Department offered Friedman a scholarship. He began attending classes at Chicago in 1932. According to Friedman, the most important event of that year was meeting an extremely bright...
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...The World is Flatter With Some Spikes To me both authors are saying the same thing, but they are looking at it from different view points. Thomas Friedman says, “In a flat world you can innovate without having to emigrate.” While Richard Florida says, “ In terms of both sheer economic horsepower and cutting edge innovation, surprisingly few regions truly matter in today’s global economy.” I feel that both are right the world is flatter than in the past, but there are the important spikes. Friedman says the world is flat due to technology and Florida says technology has made the largest cities larger while leaving the valleys behind. I believe that technology has allowed people in the “valleys” to be more creative, find others’ information and build upon it, and test their ideas all from the comfort of their homes. They may have to move to a large city or spike to really make their idea a success, but they may have a better chance than if they just moved to a spike. I think that there will always be spikes because there must be a central place for people to meet and collaborate with one another. This is when the best ideas come together and become more powerful. There are always the people who can do this all remotely like the Apache people in the, World is Flat. For the most part I feel that Silicon Valley would not have been as powerful had everyone stayed in their original location. Plus not every city in the world can be a spike or flat, it would eliminate competition...
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...THE GREAT DEPRESSION. * The Great Depression was the great economic crisis that is said to have been started because of the U.S. stock-market crash in 1929. * Many people lost their jobs. By 1932, 25–30% of people lost their jobs. They became homeless and poor. This ended the wealth of the Roaring Twenties. * From 1929-1932, the depression was at its worst. * Many suspect that increased taxes on American citizens and the increased tariffs (taxes on countries which trade with the United States) worsened it. * Economist Milton Friedman said that the Great Depression was worsened because the Federal Reserve printed out less money than usual. * John Steinbeck wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’ during the great depression and the setting of the book is during the great depression as well. THE AMERICAN DREAM. * The American Dream after and also during the great depression was to own a piece of land making them open to limitless opportunities. * Most of all, it was to have freedom and independence. They wanted to be free from working for anyone and they wanted to live free from relying on wages to get through life. * This dream also included to have stability in their lives. * The American Dream was first known about in 1931 where the author; James Truslow Adams wrote in his book (The Epic of America): "The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according...
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...Notes on The World is Flat (Friedman, 2006) Summary and excerpts from Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat (2006) by Bill Altermatt CHAPTER 2: THE TEN FORCES THAT FLATTENED THE WORLD page 1 What Tom Friedman means by the phrase “The World is Flat” is that “the global competitive playing field is being leveled…It is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more other people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing than at any previous time in the history of the world” (p. 8). Friedman believes that this “flattening” of the world is the result of ten factors, which he outlines in chapter 2 of his book: Flattener #1: “11/9/89, The New Age of Creativity: When the Walls Came Down and the Windows Went Up.” On 11/9/89, the Berlin Wall fell (“the Walls Came Down”) and the citizens of the former Soviet empire were suddenly able to participate in the global economy. Friedman uses the fall of the Berlin Wall as a symbol for a general global shift towards democratic governments and free-market economies (where consumers determine prices based on what they’re willing to pay) and away from authoritarian governments and centrally planned economies (in which prices are set by government officials). India made the conversion from a centrally planned economy to a free-market system two years after the Berlin Wall fell, when its economy was on the brink of collapse. Their annual rate of India’s...
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