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Faculty of Health Sciences, Athabasca University
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ws NURS436: Family HealthPromotion Assignment4
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ws Professor: Lisa-Anne Barrett
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November 23, 2023 ws ws
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Unit 1 ws
Sense of Family ws ws
In rendering a pictorial representation of my family, I would include my parents, siblings, a
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sister from another mother, my husband, and my son, who collectively make up my dependable
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ws support system, reciprocally relying on one another. My conceptualization of family aligns with the
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ws notion that families, as asserted by Yulfa and Herawati (2017), are defined by their members' claims
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ws and constitute groups reliant on one another for financial, emotional, and physical support. The
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ws criterion that individuals must have a longstanding presence in my life and contribute to our mutual
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ws support system to be considered part of my family is essential to my understanding.
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Religious and cultural influences have significantly shaped my view of what defines family. ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws
ws Rooted in a close-knit church community during my upbringing, where support was extended among
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ws members regardless of blood relations, my understanding of family transcends biological ties. This
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ws cultural backdrop, combined with my traditional family structure of father, mother, and children,
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wherein my childhood was mainly spent with cousins, aunties, uncles, and grandparents, contributed
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ws significantly to my nuanced perspective. However, our nanny looked after us while our parents cared
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ws for our business. My background and all of these early experiences shaped my family's view.
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Family Nursing Theories ws ws
The required nursing textbook discussed many nursing theories, among which Orem's
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ws Self-Care Deficit Theory and Nightingale's environmental theory particularly struck me. I was
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ws raised in a household with a profound connection to cultural heritage, and it is of utmost
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ws significance to acquire and adhere to this cultural framework. ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws