Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans As we examine a person’s health status; it is important to note how one has formed beliefs of wellness and health promotion. In a populated, culturally diverse country; it is vital to comprehend and respect the traditions of these beliefs as we teach health promotion, set goals for health restoration, and evaluate health maintenance. Just as recording the vital signs of a patient becomes the blueprint in determining
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Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion 06/01/16 Family Health Assessments A family health assessment is important in understanding and formulating a wellness plan for the patient and their family as a whole. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in assisting a family understand wellness by utilizing Gordon’s functional health patterns when performing the assessment on the family. Nurses have an important role in educating in regards to health promotion
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Family Health Assessment Family health assessments are an interactive way to gather information regarding family history and dynamics, level of knowledge and interaction. “Families provide the structure for many health-promotion practices; therefore, family assessment informs health-promotion and disease-prevention appraisal”. (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, p. 150) This paper will review a completed family health assessment that addresses eleven separate topics. After reviewing and analyzing
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Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans As we examine a person’s health status; it is important to note how one has formed beliefs of wellness and health promotion. In a populated, culturally diverse country; it is vital to comprehend and respect the traditions of these beliefs as we teach health promotion, set goals for health restoration, and evaluate health maintenance. Just as recording the vital signs of a patient becomes the blueprint in determining
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Friedman Family Assessment Paper Family Dynamics Family dynamics can be very complicated. “According to Dr. Murray Bowen…families are complex units that are bonded by strong emotional connects. The ways in which members of the family interact with each other and in relation to the group as a whole are often referred to as family dynamics” (Bowles, 2011, para. 1). A following assessment of the BJ & BP’s family was completed using the Friedman Family Assessment Tool. History of Family BJ & BP
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Modern Family Values The health of modern society is dependent upon the family unit and the values it cultivates in its members. Research regarding the relationship between social stablity and health outcomes has identified a lower risk of chronic illness in societies with higher social stablity. (German & Latkin, 2012). A society is composed of individuals who share commonalities in values, traditions and activities; and families are the building blocks of society. The family unit provides
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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
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Running head: Heritage Assessment Heritage Assessment Rose Opondo Grand Canyon University Date June 7, 2013 HERITAGE ASSESMENT In this paper, the writer will look at how Personal Heritage assessment evaluates the needs of a person as a whole. By looking at the three identified families heritage assessment tools discussed below, different cultures and different traditional opinions will be brought to light. This includes health maintenance, protection and restoration. Their customs and
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Nguyen________________________________________________ 1. For the community health nurse, what is the process of data collection in the community? Give 2 examples from textbook, lectures, and your community assessment project. Course Objectives 2,3,4,5: Chapter 15 and your community health assessment project (20 points or 10 pts. for each example and the written description of the example) Be sure to include two of the following: Observing the community; Interviewing people in the community; Reviewing
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Running Head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University NRS 429 15 March 2009 Instructor - Catherine Tiwald RN MSN WHNP-BC Family Health Assessment Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern assessment was developed from the belief that all human beings have in common 11 functional health patterns that contribute to their health, quality of life and achievement of human potential. By examining functional patterns, nurses can more accurately determine and diagnose
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