Approaches to Family Nursing
The family health nurse has many responsibilities. He/she must function as an advocate, counselor, educator and a role model to name a few. (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tobacco, & Harmon-Hanson, 2015) The family health nurse can use several different interventions to manage a patient’s illness. These interventions will also focus on the patient’s family. The purpose of this paper is to review these approaches to family nursing and provide examples from my nursing experience.
Interventions
Family as Context This is a traditional approach to nursing. The care is centered on the patient but will also involve parents and/or caregivers. This approach is common in the specialty of pediatrics. (Kaakinen et al., 2015) An
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(Kaakinen et al., 2015) For example, I cared for a male who was the primary provider for he and his wife. He experienced a myocardial infarction and was temporarily unable to work. This caused strain on the relationship between he and his wife. They were worried about him being able to return to work and whether or not he would be able to afford his medications. An article from the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing conducted a study of how spouse’s cope when their loved on experiences a myocardial infarction. Studies showed that the spouse experienced sleep disorders, decreased appetite, anxiety, depression, and feelings of powerlessness. (Salminen-Tuomaala, Astedt-Kurki, Rekiaro, & Paavilainen, 2012) The wife experienced a lot of these symptoms. She had to resume daily responsibilities as well as become the primary provider for the family. This affected her health and impacted her spouse’s ability to …show more content…
The family interfaces with community agencies and institutions to educate and provide care. (Kaakinen et al., 2015) An example of this would be a patient who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The patient and the family must inform themselves as well as others regarding the prognosis and outcome of this disease. A patient must coordinate his/her care with therapy as well as the primary care physician. The family may also be forced to use outside resources to provide the proper care their loved one needs. Resources such as new treatment options or tips on how to cope with MS. (National Multiple Sclerosis Society [NMSS], n.d.) In conclusion, there are many different interventions to approach family nursing. Each families’ situation is unique and should be treated that way. The same intervention may not meet the needs of every patient or family. As a family nurse, one must recognize this and choose his/her approach
I plan to pursue a career in nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. This career take many steps to complete. But it is different routes you can take and different programs you can enroll in for this profession. Family Nurse Practitioners can prescribe medication and diagnose patients and give treatment. They can work either in hospitals and or clinics as a primary healthcare provider. They can also order specific x-rays and test that need to be done for a patient. The nurse practitioners interact with less patients in a clinic than in a hospital. Np’s have privileges to prescribe medications in every state.
Family health is receiving substantial attention in the contemporary decades, following a growing number of unpredicted health issues. Family health assessments have become common techniques within the health care systems across the world to promote good health. Nursing Family assessment and intervention models have been developed in to assists nurses and families to identify the family issues and develop the best.
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The key to a successful healthcare reform is interdisciplinary collaboration between Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) and physicians. The purpose of this paper is to review the established role of the FNP, appreciate the anticipated paradigm shift in healthcare between FNPs and primary care physicians, and recognize the potential associated benefits and complications that may ensue. Description of the Topic Definition The American Nurses Association (2008) has defined the FNP, under the broader title of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), as one “who is educationally prepared to assume responsibility and accountability for health promotion and/or maintenance as well as the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems, which includes the use and prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions” (p. 7).... ... middle of paper ... ...
Including family members in the care of the patient helps them cope better with the patient’s illness and helps them plan ongoing care when the patient goes home. Gaining both the trust of the patient and family can help the health care team get any details that may have been missed on admission, such as medications the patient takes, or special diet, or spiritual needs. Also, the family may provide pertinent information that the patient may not have divulged to the nurse. Encouraging the patient and family to voice their concerns will help implement a safe plan of action.
Nursing interventions should encourage family members to participate as well as be the ones who care about their child most. Special attention is needed to pay for children who attend day-care facilities and follow-up care is necessary. Word count: 1674.
...health while going through cancer. In this case, their family leads to the emotions that can impact the patient’s health and decision-making.
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...concerns appropriate interventions were assigned to each one. For the priority concern of the family’s ability to cope and their risk of depression commendation and interventative questioning were the chosen interventions. For the priority concern of Gilberts care giver burnout and risk for compassion fatigue commendation and encouraging respite were chosen. The Grape family is a fitting example of the complex difficulties a family can have when they are faced with the difficulty of dealing with a chronic illness and tragedy. This paper demonstrates the importance of assessing and creating interventions for a family in a way which includes every member of the family not only the ones with complications. Raising the question should patients who are suffering from chronic illnesses better off to be treated as an individual or as a member of a functional family unit?
Kaakinen, J. R., Gedaly-Duff, V., Coehlo, D. P., & Harmon Hanson, S. M. (2010). Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice and Research. (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis .
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a debilitating chronic illness that requires a lot of daily management. As a result, it impacts not only the patient, but the patient’s family. The effects of heart failure can leave patients fighting to retain a quality of life and trying to prevent further complications. As the patient struggles to live with a chronic illness, the family is taxed with balancing the patient’s needs with the needs of the entire family (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon Hanson, 2015). This task is especially challenging in heart failure due to the debilitating effects it has on the ill family member. In this paper I will discuss several ways the family nurse can provide intervention to guide and support the patient
In health care, there are many different approaches throughout the field of nursing. When considering the field of family nursing, there are four different approaches to caring for patients. This paper will discuss the different approaches along with a scenario that covers that approach. The approaches that will be discussed include family as a context, family as a client, family as a system, and family as a component to society. Each of these scenarios are approach differently within the field of nursing.
Hospitalization especially in children causes great emotional impact. Anxiety is created by being away from the home environment which can be more traumatic for children than for the adults. From the time of admission to a hospital, specifically when unplanned, is considered the most stressful moment for both the children and the parents. The admission care process is defined as “the first nursing care a child receives when he or she is admitted to the hospital, where the child’s health condition and needs will be assessed” (Macias, 2015 p. 285).
To support the emotional and physical health of these families, nurses provide interventions that assist them through the nine tasks of family development. For Danny and Mark, lack of sleep, lack of time, social isolation, and fatigue impacts their relationship and emotional state. To help mitigate the effects of stress, the nurse educates them on activities to reduce stress and finds ways to maximize their schedule to provide opportunities to participate in those activities. .The nurse also helps Danny and Mark by suggesting and/or finding resources to help with childcare which will provide time for them to spend with each other and with friends. Supporting the emotional health of families with newborns influences positive parent-child relationships and decreases infant maltreatment, family conflicts and negative outcomes (Goldberg & Smith,
A family plays a great role on one's holistic approach to wellness and better health. A patient wont be fully diagnose if the focus will only be on the