20 NOV 1997 Notes

Course Mid-term Evaluation

Powerpoint presentation: MT-EVAL.ppt

Traits of a Healthy Family

Communicates and listens
Affirms and supports one another
Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust
Has a sense of play and humor
Exhibits a sense of shared responsibility
Teaches a sense of right and wrong
Has a strong sense of family in which rituals and tradition abound
Has a balance of interaction among members
Has a shared religious core
Respects the privacy of one another
Values service to others
Fosters family table time and conversation
Shares leisure time
Admits to and seeks help for problems

Source:

Curran, Delores. "Traits of a Healthy Family."

Working Beyond Assessment with Families

Planning Family Health Care
- What are some ways to address the family issues/circumstances identified by the nurse and family?
- What resources are available and/or required to appropriately address the identified family issue/circumstance change?
Managing Family Health Care
- How can the nurse and family keep planned activities moving toward goal attainment?
- Who needs to be involved in moving plans toward goals?
- What activities are most likely to enhance goal achievement?
- How sufficiently do identified resources support goal attainment?
Evaluating Family Health Care
- To what degree did the work group (nurse and family) achieve the identified goal(s)?
- What impact did the process have on the identified issues?
- What adjustments need to be made in the process to increase probability for goal achievement?
- What did the nurse learn during the process?
- What did the family learn during the process?
- How do (or might) new learnings (especially relative to using the process) influence future activity?
  - What would anyone do differently for assessing, identifying, planning, managing?
  - What does this experience suggest for future situations similar to this one?

FAMILY TRANSITIONS
TRANSITION PHASE	TRANSITION ISSUES
Addition of Family Members [Expanding Families]	Marriage Marriage and Family Health Parenthood
Parenthood as a Critical Transition [Expanding Families]	Marital Satisfaction Single-Parent Families Adoption Remarriage
Loss of Family Members [Aging Families]	Divorce Death
Illness in the Family ["Sandwich Families"]	Social Factors Influencing Family Care of Dependent Members Stressors Influencing Family Care of Dependent Members Family Adaptation to Illness
Changes in Family Roles [All Families]	Retirement Unemployment
Families and Relocation [All Families]	Patterns of Response Coping Strategies

Source:

Roth, P. (1996). Family health promotion during transitions. In PJ Bomar (Ed.), Nurses and Family Health Promotion: Concepts, Assessment, and Interventions (2nd ed.) (pp. 365-394). Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company.