Nursing Exam 2 Study Guide 2022
Family - two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption occupying the same household Different Family Structures - traditional families, grandparent families, adults who are married without children, dual-earner families, single-parent families, blended and stepfamilies, extended families, sandwich generation (a lot of people relying on you- caring for parents and kids), other (cohabiting adults-trial before marriage, kith-friendship bond considered family) changes in family structure - socioeconomic factors (can't afford children, grandparents in home), aging population and increase in health/financial status, increasing average age at first marriage, high divorce rates, changing residential preferences (decrease in married/family households) approaches to family nursing - 1. Context for Care (see people as individuals) 2. Unit of Care (care for each member of the family) 3. System (focus on family holistically) *Cultural awareness and competency General Systems Theory - a theory for family care, interactions between systems - open system - balance (healthy families) - interaction (changes in behavior of individual that affects everyone in the family) - suprasystems (healthcare system, place you live) - subsystems (role/components of family individuals)...
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