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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Family Assessment Gifford Nielson Brigham Young University-Idaho Family Assessment Identifying Data This family comes from a religious family that has had the same religion for four generations now and the family holds strong to the beliefs of the importance of family and religion. The father in the family comes from a small household of parents and three children and the wife comes from a home where foster care had taken place for fourteen children throughout her childhood. Now this family
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Grand caynon University April 22‚ 2012 Family Health Assessment Introduction Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns (2007) help organize basic family assessment information (Friedman et al.‚ 2003). The writer of this paper will focus on health assessment of a Nigerian family after a thorough interview of Mr & Mrs Amadi and their two daughters. Mr Amadi is 48yrs‚ Mrs Amadi is 43yrs‚ the first daughter is 14yrs and the
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT My family health assessment was conducted using the 11 Gordon functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon’s functional health pattern is a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing date base‚ using the 11 categories enable nurses determines the following aspects of health and human function (Gordon 1987). The Gordon 11 functional health patterns are health perception/health management‚ nutrition‚ elimination‚ activity/exercise‚ cognitive
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Family Cultural Assessment Elitios Richemond Professor Patricia Joffe December 03‚ 2013 Culture is the beliefs‚ views‚ morals‚ religious practices‚ and behaviors specific to a group of people which becomes the frame on which one builds his or her life. Culture affects the way someone behaves‚ the decision he/she makes in her/his life‚ from the food one eats to the way someone
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Child and Family Assessments Families are unique‚ special and debatable among many cultures and ethnic groups. Today‚ the definition of a family has changed greatly because of cultural and social changes across the world. A family consists of a parent or parents with their children or child in a dwelling with the household who respect and looks out for each other. In pediatrics‚ family-centered care founded on the consideration of the family‚ and the family is the child’s primary support and strength;
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Running head: HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Focused Health Assessment Nancy E Gundersen Grand Canyon University NRS429v December 4‚ 2011 Family Focused Health Assessment This paper will assess a family interviewed using Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns. It will summarize the findings for each health pattern from a designated number of interview questions. The author identifies two wellness nursing diagnoses based on the author’s assessment of the family health patterns and the answers
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Family Assessment Susan Gerold-Terraza Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V May 12‚ 2013 Family Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjory Gordon‚ a nursing theorist and professor. The functional health patterns are to be used during the nursing process to obtain a more comprehensive assessment. There are 11 functional health patterns to in place to create a comprehensive assessment. The functional health patterns are values and health perception and
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Family Assessment Assignment As a nurse practicing in today’s health care environment it is always important to be very attentive for the needs of the patient and the patient’s family. In order to realize the needs of the patient and the patients loved ones it is often helpful to conduct a family assessment. This assessment was carried out on an urban family which is in the middle income group. Some of the factors which were inferred from the assessment were as follows. In terms of values‚ health
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society‚ assessment and evaluation is conducted in order to improve what they have. The government programs and policies are continually being assessed and evaluated. In business transactions‚ whether buying‚ selling‚ investing‚ or planning‚ it is crucial to assess and evaluate the terms. In the field of medicine‚ doctors‚ nurses and other healthcare professionals look and examine charts and patients to provide the best service possible. Even in the family‚ parents assess and evaluate the family situations
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