Family Nursing Assessment Paper
Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority
Grand Canyon University
Family Centered Health Promotion
NRS-429V
Terese Verklan
December 7, 2014
Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Family Health is very important in the nursing assessment. The patient outcome and recovery depends on the family support of the patient. One way to assess a family is by using Gordon’s Health Patterns. Gordon’s functional health patterns provide a holistic model for assessment of family because assessment data are classified under eleven headings: Health Perception and Health Management, Nutritional-Metabolic, Elimination, Activity and Exercise, Sleep and Rest, Cognition and Perception, Self-Perception and Self- Concept, Roles and Relationships, …show more content…
The middle and smaller daughters are involved in cheerleading. The oldest daughter plays softball for the college she attends. All of the daughters have been involved in sports since they were small. The mother encourages all of her daughters to play sports. The family does not suffer any cardiac or muscle-skeletal system. As a family the mother reports they all go walking in the afternoon during the summer months.
Sleep and Rest Pattern The mother reports they do not have a scheduled sleeping pattern. The parents and the children go to sleep in any order and late. The children arrive home late from the practices and start doing their homework or their chores and they finish late. Usually the mother goes to sleep early and the daughters are left to finish their activities. The mother goes to sleep earlier because she goes to work early in the morning and so does the father. Usually the mother sets the hour limiting that all the children should be in bed by eleven o’clock. The mother reports that they feel rested and relaxed.
Cognitive Perceptual …show more content…
She has her own mother as a positive role model. The most important role she is playing right now is that of a good mother. She nurtures and cares for her family. The family is a traditional Hispanic family. Both of the parents work long shifts. The older daughter is expected to do chores and supervision the younger siblings until they get home. The mother sometimes gets flustered when none of the girls help out with the home chores. She reports that the daughters don’t have excuses they have plenty of time to do it. The mother also reports that when she is at home the daughters are not content that her mother is there because she has them cleaning and helping her out with the
Grand Canyon University
Family Centered Health Promotion
NRS-429V
Terese Verklan
December 7, 2014
Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Family Health is very important in the nursing assessment. The patient outcome and recovery depends on the family support of the patient. One way to assess a family is by using Gordon’s Health Patterns. Gordon’s functional health patterns provide a holistic model for assessment of family because assessment data are classified under eleven headings: Health Perception and Health Management, Nutritional-Metabolic, Elimination, Activity and Exercise, Sleep and Rest, Cognition and Perception, Self-Perception and Self- Concept, Roles and Relationships, …show more content…
The middle and smaller daughters are involved in cheerleading. The oldest daughter plays softball for the college she attends. All of the daughters have been involved in sports since they were small. The mother encourages all of her daughters to play sports. The family does not suffer any cardiac or muscle-skeletal system. As a family the mother reports they all go walking in the afternoon during the summer months.
Sleep and Rest Pattern The mother reports they do not have a scheduled sleeping pattern. The parents and the children go to sleep in any order and late. The children arrive home late from the practices and start doing their homework or their chores and they finish late. Usually the mother goes to sleep early and the daughters are left to finish their activities. The mother goes to sleep earlier because she goes to work early in the morning and so does the father. Usually the mother sets the hour limiting that all the children should be in bed by eleven o’clock. The mother reports that they feel rested and relaxed.
Cognitive Perceptual …show more content…
She has her own mother as a positive role model. The most important role she is playing right now is that of a good mother. She nurtures and cares for her family. The family is a traditional Hispanic family. Both of the parents work long shifts. The older daughter is expected to do chores and supervision the younger siblings until they get home. The mother sometimes gets flustered when none of the girls help out with the home chores. She reports that the daughters don’t have excuses they have plenty of time to do it. The mother also reports that when she is at home the daughters are not content that her mother is there because she has them cleaning and helping her out with the