Family Health Assessment Using Gordon’s functional health patterns to assess a family will guide the nurse in developing a comprehensive nursing assessment that is holistic in nature. Gordon’s functional health patterns are founded on 11 principles that are incorporated within the nursing practice. These 11 principles serve as a framework for a thorough nursing assessment in which to build a holistic and individual family care plan (Grand Canyon University‚ 2011). The author has developed family-focused
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remember the family has an important role in the paradigm of health promotion for the patient. The roles in which the family plays in assisting the patient and providing care are crucial to the health of the patient and the well being of the family as a whole. One tool to assess not only a patient and their views on different aspects of health‚ but an entire family or even community is Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. This assessment tool incorporates eleven topics of health patterns. Health patterns
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Family Health Assessment When it comes to defining family many people have many different ways to define family because it means something different to everyone. Overtime the typically family has changed and is much more diverse when it comes to the individuals that make up the family because of beliefs and values. The way that it is defined currently is a family is a set of interacting individual is related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions
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Family Health Assessment and Review Grand Canyon University: Family-Centered Health Promotion February 8‚ 2013 Assessing a patient on the basis of the whole person is a necessary step and in some cases yields the most useful information aiding diagnosis and swift treatment. Marjorie Gordon developed a family assessment consistent of 11 categories to help evaluate functional health patterns. Based upon Gordon’s data collection technique‚ I’ve devised a simple questionnaire and conducted an
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Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429 November 24‚ 2013 Family Health Assessment As nurses it is essential to use appropriate tools to assess individuals‚ families‚ and communities. Throughout this paper the writer used The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns as a guide to assess a family. This family included a mother‚ a father‚ one son‚ four daughters‚ and two grandsons. The writer developed two to three open minded‚ family focused questions for each of the 11 functional
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Running head: Family Health Assessment Joy Ebomwonyi Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion: NRS 429v August 26‚ 2012 Open-Minded Family focused Questions I interview a family who were willing to answer the questions as long as they remained anonymous when the paper is written. I will not be using the name of the family that I interviewed for this assignment. The interview was based on the all the Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns
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nation in 1965‚ Singapore has undergone significant socio-economic changes. The infant and under-5 childhood mortality rates are among the lowest in the world. A number of “new morbidities” have been identified to pose major challenges to child health in the next decades. They are chronic medical illnesses‚ developmental disabilities‚ learning problems‚ injuries and neglect‚ behavioural disturbances and disorders‚ sequelae associated with unhealthy life-styles‚ and social and emotional disorders
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Family Health Assessment Questions 1) What values and belief system are important to your family? Are there any traditions or beliefs that would be important for people to know about you? How do you feel that your values and belief system help you deal with everyday problems? How would you cope with a major life crisis? Does your family have unspoken rules to guide you when there is conflict or difference of opinion? What is your perception of your current health status? What changes‚ if any‚
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Family Health Assessment: Analysis of Family Focused Questionnaire Renee Rao Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V August 31‚ 2014 While interviewing a families health patterns‚ there were many areas assessed. Several questions have been asked regarding numerous aspects of their life. These family focused questions will help us explore into their health‚ cognition and overall wellbeing. Based on the responses‚ a family diagnosis was formulated. In this paper‚ we will explore the questions
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Kerry Murphy Family Centered Health Promotion March 15‚ 2014 Family Health Assessment When assessing a family‚ inquiries about the family function through a series of questions which will afford the nurse the information needed to prepare a complete family health plan. Marjory Gordon developed a series of questions in regards to 11 functional health patterns. This particular assessment not only pertains
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