The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact‚ what are the family expectations and norms‚ how effective is the members communication‚ who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three
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1. Title of Assessment: Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson developed the genogram in 1985 in the book Genograms: Assessment and Intervention. A genogram is a pictorial diagram which can show anything from family relationships to medical history. Genograms allow individuals to identify patterns of behaviors and hereditary tendencies. 2. Primary Purpose: The primary purpose of genograms is to engage the family in visually summarizing and illustrating familial relationships and patterns of behavior
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The class Race and Ethnicity was a class about different racial‚ ethnic‚ gender‚ religious groups‚ etc… The class was about hate crimes‚ discrimination‚ and immigration. The course was about diversity in American and how people have to deal with it every day. It is a course that every Human Service worker needs to be aware of. During my life I knew growing up and learning about history that racism and prejudice existed. However in the class Race and Ethnicity I was made aware of how in the human
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In social work‚ genograms can be an important too when working with children and families. Genograms are a practical tool in social work practice‚ it is useful in gathering information‚ understanding relationship dynamics and behavioral patterns‚ promoting the client’s self-understanding‚ conduction assessments‚ and guiding the practitioner to interventions (Pope & Lee‚ 2016‚ para. 3). The genogram invites the client to talk about the family dynamics‚ culture and other relationships that may not
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Family Genogram Project Liberty University Family Genogram Project The purpose of a student construing a genogram is to help a student gain an understanding of his/her family background. By gaining knowledge of one family it can help the student assist other understand how to help their clients. However‚ genograms backbone is a graphic depiction of how different family member are biologically‚ legally‚ and emotionally related to one another from one generation to the next (McGoldrick
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patterns and relationships. A genogram can not only connect members of a family together but also dive deeper and analyze heredity patterns and psychological factors. As I analyze my genogram‚ it allows me to see how complex and unique my family is across three generations. As I became familiar with my family history‚ I noticed that there is/was some family history among certain people within my genogram that‚ while not pleasant‚ does create an interesting genogram. On my dad’s side of the family
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family genogram and ecomap provide family health nurses a visual of the family’s current situation‚ which helps guide the nurse to assist the family in planning interventions that will optimize their health (Kaakinen‚ Coehlo‚ Steele‚ Tabacco‚ Harmon-Hanson‚ 2015). Another benefit of using these tools is the family can understand the energy they expend to manage a chronic illness (Kaakinen et al.‚ 2015). The purpose of this paper is to analyze a childbearing family’s ecomap and genogram after completing
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Lewis/Williams Genogram ` When begin the Lewis/Williams genogram in this paper I will discuss the pectoral of my families relationships‚ social‚ physiological and medical history. I will discuss a three generational genogram from both grandparent’s parents and my immediate family system today. The Williams family genogram begins with my Grandmother Mea Ruth Williams African American who Married Eddie Williams Indian and white; and they had four children. Lee Williams my father who is deceased‚ my
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Introduction Human development is the pattern of movement or change that starts at conception and continues throughout the human life span by (Santrock‚ 2008). Its depends on the human life span by developmental changes in which the process cover of physical‚ cognitive and socio-emotional through one’s life from born to death and the documented age is the indicator of life. Besides that‚ the life expectancy is the average number of year that a person born in a particular year can expect to live
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When the genogram assignment was given‚ I was resentful to do it because I already had a vague idea of my family’s background. I understood the reason behind the assignment‚ but I strongly dislike talking about my family‚ especially to people I am not particularly close to. Although I did not learn any additional valuable information about my family‚ being able to organize what I was aware of aided me in my reflection. I recognize now that my closest relationship is to my mom‚ yet I do not feel comfortable
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