will discuss the importance of the family health nursing for today’s nurses. It will also discuss the importance of understanding the history of the family and how it has changed and evolved. The paper will explore the concept of what constitutes a family today and will include a personal view of family health nursing. Family as an important focus for nurses In the ever-changing world of technology in the healthcare setting‚ it is important not to overlook the family as a very important part of caring
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Laura L. Cooper Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V August 23‚ 2011 Family Health Assessment The term family brings to mind a visual image of adults and children living together in a harmonious manner‚ although this may not be the case for all. The “typical” family‚ two biological parents and children‚ has changed over time. Families are as diverse as the individuals that compose them‚ and clients have deeply ingrained values
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Sociological Theories and Family Sociological Theories and Family Sociological theories are important in understanding how the society operates. In addition‚ the theories help one understand how people in society relate with each other. The theories have helped understand various social issues in the society and made it easy to develop solutions to the problems. There are different theories that are used to explain how the society operates and how people interact with each other. Examples of
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Family Developmental Theory Historical Development • Family developmental theory is an approach to studying families‚ which is useful in explaining patterned change‚ the dynamic nature of the family‚ and how change occurs in the family life cycle. • The roots of family developmental theory date back to the 1930s from works of sociologists‚ economists‚ and demographers who established family categories (which were the precursors to the stages of development • From the mid 1940s
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com/definition/family.html Different types of concepts are used in family theories. Some point to the structure of a family‚ its composition or the way it is organized. Some concepts describe patterns of social interaction‚ the quality of relationships‚ or processes that occur in families. Some theoretical concepts show how other concepts are related to each other. For example‚ if a family has five members and one descriptive concept refers to how flexible each member is‚ the family itself may be flexible if it meets
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The purpose of this dissection is to talk about a family that I had in my nursing practice and discuss some health traits of a family for example how they communicate between granddaughter and grandmother and how she brought her grandmother a drawing and some homemade cookies. I had a very sweet elderly patient that was in the hospital for a bladder infection. She came from a nursing home and her family came to visit. The healthy traits that they exhibited were communication and listening. The
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the term “family” is defined as a set of interacting individuals who is related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles. These relevant functions include values and practices the family has on health or family health practice. The term “structure” refers to the organizational characteristics of the family‚ the sub system and the basic rules that influences interpersonal choices and behaviors in the family (A‚Vetne‚
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Family System Theory Introduction Murray Bowen’s family system theory was one of the first comprehensive theories of family system functioning. It was developed in 1974 and it believed the family can be defined as a set of interacting individuals who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption and who interdependently perform relevant functions through roles. Relevant functions of the family include values and practices placed on health system theory is used to explain patterns of
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Family Systems Theory: Family Cohesion When growing up families are and have been considered systems because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives. Families are examples to show that they have regular behaviors‚ they have regular interactions‚ and they are interdependent on one another. It is believed the family can be defined as a set of interacting individuals who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption. Although they are numerous in number some functions
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Family Systems Theory This theory emerged from General Systems Theory by scholars who found it had many applications to families and other social systems. Any system is defined as a bounded set of interrelated elements exhibiting coherent behavior as a trait. (Constantine‚ 1986). Another definition is an assemblage of objects related to each other by some regular interaction or interdependence (Webster). Families are considered systems because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives
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