includes members of different age group from newborns to elders. The family’s activities and reactions influence the patterns of the family as a whole (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle 2014, p. 2014). The ultimate aim of the treatment is to expedite the fitness of the family. Family health valuation defines the assessment of actual and potential problem of individual (Gordan 1994). The goal of health care is giving straight and indirect treatment to the person and the community in terms of valuation, analysis
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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
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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
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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
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Health Promotion and the Individual CHAPTER 6 161 Box 6-1 Functional Health Patterns Assessment (Adult) Functional Health Patterns Assessment (Adult) d. Perceived ability (code for level) for: Feeding Dressing Cooking Bathing Grooming Shopping Toileting General mobility Bed mobility Home maintenance Functional Level Codes: Level 0: full self-care Level I: requires use of equipment or device Level II: requires assistance or supervision from another person Level III: requires assistance
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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
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February 02, 2012 Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 proposed functional health patterns as a guide establishing a comprehensive nursing data base(Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s11 functional health patterns are; health perception/ health management, nutrition, pattern of elimination, activity/ excerise, cognitive, sleep/ rest, self perception/ self concept, roles/ relationships, sexuality, coping/ stress and values/
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Family Health Assessment August 17, 2012 Family Health Assessment Health organizations, government and public health mainly focuses on health issues, the prevention of illness and the strategies to help people promote health and wellness. Healthy People 2020 progresses toward the goal of achieving healthy and long lives for each individual. Marjorie Gordon proposed functional health patterns to collect data for nursing diagnosis in1987. He developed eleven functional health patterns that help
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Marsha Ricks Grand Canyon University Family Health Assessment Functional Health Patterns Many different people due to their cultural and ethnic background can define family in many different ways. But one thing that is shared by all families is value and health perception. Families are as diverse as the members that make up the family unit. The Family is the primary social framework in which health promotion of wellness
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Mary.Mattappally Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion December 18, 2011 Family Health Assessment: Family health assessment is a great tool utilized to develop health care plan for the whole family in a holistic approach for the most effective health outcomes. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are used to obtain systematic collection of information
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