BSNC 1000 FINAL MODULE 9 – Family Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
Family - ANSWER -Are self-defined; is a set of relationships that each patient identifies as family and who influence each other's lives and depend on one another for support, regardless of whether actual biological or legal ties exist.
- Each person has an individual definition of who or what constitutes family/
Family Nursing - ANSWER Based on the assumption that every person, regardless of age, is a member of some type of family form and carries family experiences that have profound influences on their lives and approaches to health care.
- Promotes, supports, and provides for the well-being and health of the family and individual family members.
-Health Promotion
What is the goal of family nursing? - ANSWER Is to help the family and its individual
members achieve and maintain optimal health throughout and beyond the illness experience.
Ideas of Structure-function theory - ANSWER - it defines family as a social system.
- Family is viewed as open to the outside system, but boundaries are maintained.
- Family is viewed as passive in adapting to outside system and therefore is not viewed as a change agent.
- it examines families in terms of:
1. Relationships with, for example, government, health care, and religious institutions
2. Family patterns in relation to society
3. How well the family structure performs its functions
Structure-function theory definition - ANSWER - family is viewed as an organization arrange in a structure with a hierarchy that enables it to perform necessary functions
Structure-function theory - ANSWER -Social system with functional requirements
-Family's relationship (in context with) other major social structures
- illness of a family member results in the alteration of the family structure and function
- e.g., if a single mother is ill, she cannot carry out her various roles, so grandparents
or siblings may have to assume childcare responsibilities - family power structures and communication patterns are affected when a parent is ill
Systems theory - ANSWER - views the family as a unit - theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in
one element affects all of the other elements
- encourages CHNs to view clients as participating members of a family
- determine the effects of illness or injury on the entire family system (family = client)
- emphasis on the whole rather than on individuals
- A system is composed of a set of interacting elements
- Each system can be identified and is distinct from the environment in which it exists. What are the types of family? - ANSWER -Traditional: Consist of a mother and father
-Extended: nuclear family and other relatives
-Step: formed when at least one child in a household is from a previous relationship.
-Blended: when both parents bring children from previous relationships into new
-Single-parent family: consists of one parent and one or more children.
-Other family forms
Developmental theory - ANSWER - assist CHNs in anticipating clinical health concerns in families
- identifying family strength
- assessing the family's developmental stage
- assessing if the family is meeting the requirements of that stage
- assessing the family's developmental history
- assessing the availability of resources needed for performing developmental tasks
Interactional theory - ANSWER - explore individual family member's perceptions, interactions, and communication processes with other members
- Family is viewed as interacting personalities
-Family is examined by the symbolic communications by which family members related to one another.
-Each member occupies a position to which a number of roles are assigned.
Family - ANSWER -Are self-defined; is a set of relationships that each patient identifies as family and who influence each other's lives and depend on one another for support, regardless of whether actual biological or legal ties exist.
- Each person has an individual definition of who or what constitutes family/
Family Nursing - ANSWER Based on the assumption that every person, regardless of age, is a member of some type of family form and carries family experiences that have profound influences on their lives and approaches to health care.
- Promotes, supports, and provides for the well-being and health of the family and individual family members.
-Health Promotion
What is the goal of family nursing? - ANSWER Is to help the family and its individual
members achieve and maintain optimal health throughout and beyond the illness experience.
Ideas of Structure-function theory - ANSWER - it defines family as a social system.
- Family is viewed as open to the outside system, but boundaries are maintained.
- Family is viewed as passive in adapting to outside system and therefore is not viewed as a change agent.
- it examines families in terms of:
1. Relationships with, for example, government, health care, and religious institutions
2. Family patterns in relation to society
3. How well the family structure performs its functions
Structure-function theory definition - ANSWER - family is viewed as an organization arrange in a structure with a hierarchy that enables it to perform necessary functions
Structure-function theory - ANSWER -Social system with functional requirements
-Family's relationship (in context with) other major social structures
- illness of a family member results in the alteration of the family structure and function
- e.g., if a single mother is ill, she cannot carry out her various roles, so grandparents
or siblings may have to assume childcare responsibilities - family power structures and communication patterns are affected when a parent is ill
Systems theory - ANSWER - views the family as a unit - theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in
one element affects all of the other elements
- encourages CHNs to view clients as participating members of a family
- determine the effects of illness or injury on the entire family system (family = client)
- emphasis on the whole rather than on individuals
- A system is composed of a set of interacting elements
- Each system can be identified and is distinct from the environment in which it exists. What are the types of family? - ANSWER -Traditional: Consist of a mother and father
-Extended: nuclear family and other relatives
-Step: formed when at least one child in a household is from a previous relationship.
-Blended: when both parents bring children from previous relationships into new
-Single-parent family: consists of one parent and one or more children.
-Other family forms
Developmental theory - ANSWER - assist CHNs in anticipating clinical health concerns in families
- identifying family strength
- assessing the family's developmental stage
- assessing if the family is meeting the requirements of that stage
- assessing the family's developmental history
- assessing the availability of resources needed for performing developmental tasks
Interactional theory - ANSWER - explore individual family member's perceptions, interactions, and communication processes with other members
- Family is viewed as interacting personalities
-Family is examined by the symbolic communications by which family members related to one another.
-Each member occupies a position to which a number of roles are assigned.
