In the past, nursing care has focused on individuals or communities of people, but in more recent years, the profession has begun to see the care of families as a nursing specialty (Hanson, 2012). The characteristics of a family impacts how they deal with and overcome stressors. Communication, respect, trust, and support contribute to the health of families by providing tools to solve conflicts and problems (Rowe Kaakinen, Padgett Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon Hanson, 2015). For this post I will consider a family that I have encountered, discuss the healthy family traits that they exhibit and identify the roles that I used as a family nurse caring for this family.
In my current nursing role at an outpatient spine center, I don’t have
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The wife is our patient and was a hospital administrator when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had surgery to remove the tumor and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. The surgery has affected her memory so she must depend on her husband to remember the details of her care and to help with decision-making. She also has back pain and needs an epidural steroid injection. Unfortunately, if we perform the spinal injection while she is taking chemotherapy her injection wound would not heal. My role in helping her schedule the injection was to collaborate with her husband and the oncology office to arrange a schedule for her to hold both the chemotherapy and the anti-coagulant prior to her …show more content…
The husband is empathetic and respectful of his wife’s condition and listens and communicates with her regularly. He worked with me to support his wife when developing a plan of care with the oncology physician, nurses, and pharmacist. The times I spoke to her, she conveyed to me her sense of trust in his coordination of her care, since her memory is impaired. Even though she is still dealing with some serious health problems, they both exhibited a sense of humor when planning details of her care. The husband has taken on additional roles in the family and she has had to give up some control due to her memory loss. Their attitudes, support and level of caring for each other help them successfully deal with her complex health issues.
When providing health care to families, the nurse encompasses many roles. Some examples of these roles include technical expert, consultant, counselor, case finder, surrogate, environmental modifier, liaison, role model, and researcher. When working with this family to prepare them for the steroid injection, I assumed the roles of case manager, health educator, and clarifier/interpreter. I educated them on the details of the injection process, coordinated her care between the spine center and the oncology office, and clarified the details of the plan with her and her husband a week before the
This helps ensure an open line of communication between patient, family, and medical staff which allows for efficient information passing between interdisciplinary teams (Bamm & Rosenbaum, 2008). This communication allows the nursing staff an opportunity to also educate and counsel the family members as needed to prepare them for caring for the patient (Bamm & Rosenbaum, 2008). The value of viewing the patient in context of family from the nursing perspective is the fact that the whole patient is treated by taking into consideration the family environment and it 's affect on the
This week we were assigned to assess the Perez Family, this assessment was tailored towards exploring the family’s dynamic and our thoughts on how we as nurses could improve their developmental outcomes. The Perez’s have a three- generational family form, which consist of married twenty somethings, a young and growing family, and grandmother all living under one roof. This family is in multiple stages of development that further the stresses in their daily lives. Although the case study does not mention how long the “main characters” Maria and her husband Jamie have been married, because of their age it is safe to assume that they are newly married. Maria and Jamie have yet to lay a stable foundation (marriage) for themselves, yet alone their
The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a well-known comprehensive and multidimensional template used by nurses to assess families. CFAM begins by having the nurse visit with the family and gain insight on the family’s functioning at a particular point in time. Interviewing the family allows the nurse to assess and identify potential issues. Furthermore, the CFAM consists of three main assessment categories, known as structural, developmental, and functional. Each of these categories contains several subcategories that allow the nurse to examine all aspects of a family’s functioning. The goal of the CFAM is for the nurse to openly discuss family issues, provide insight to families from an outside perspective and guide them towards their own problem solving tactics. CFAM allows families and nurse to develop a plan of care that is mutually agreed upon. The following paper illustrates a family assessment completed using the CFAM and applies nursing diagnoses and interventions relevant to the family’s current issues (Wright & Leahey, 2013).
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.
The receptionist was on the phone for quite a long time before she could reach out to Ms. Patient. In the end, the receptionist just took Ms. Patient’s insurance without any clarification and made her wait for a while. Additionally, she was unable to focus on Ms. Patient and got distracted when another patient asked for indications. The receptionist clearly indicated unprofessionalism when she was unable to provide adequate information for the patient when she was disoriented. Also, the receptionist did not have any manners when she failed to excuse herself when another patient wanted to speak with her. Ms. Patient stated that she felt extremely vulnerable and lost when no one was able to help her understand what was going on. Therefore, the healthcare team in this case was unsuccessful in providing a caring and helpful environment for the
Two potential barriers to the Patient-Family Centered Care model are time and patient/family expectations. Nursing is a demanding job that is known for it's fast paced and often hectic environment. While caring for several patients at a time, it might be difficult to make time to discuss and involve patients and their family in all aspects of their care. This could lead to the patient/family feeling left out or even lead to fear about why information if being kept from them. To address this barrier I will set aside time to spend with each of my patients solely dedicated to discussion about the care they are receiving as well as provide an opportunity to voice questions and concerns.
Family health care nursing is defined as “the process of providing for health care needs of families that are within the scope of nursing practise and are concerned with the experience of the family over time, is considerate of community and cultural context of the group and is directed at families whose members are both healthy and ill. ”(). The principles of family health care assessment are that family health nursing is family focused and that a good working relationship with the family needs to be established. Other significant principles include family health nursing services should be realistic in terms of resources available, the family relates to community where it lives and depends on community in various ways, health education, guidance
Since the institution of nursing was first established, care has remained the primary component. Being able to provide care to patients on an emotional level is another example of the distinctive power that nurses uphold. Generally, the nurse is the predominant choice of the patient when he/she must determine who best to confer with or share personal thoughts or concerns with, as well as who the patient trusts most with management of their own well-being. This form of day-to-day, intimate patient-nurse relationship is a powerful component of
The proper definition of nursing is to provide care for the sick and unwell. People have many different definitions of nursing in their own words. Some people define nursing as the physical and emotional support towards an individual or groups. Others describe it as the prevention of injuries or diagnosed illnesses. Nursing is one of those things that help people gain knowledge of others while providing good service with kindness. Furthermore, nursing can be put into many different words; one just has to know the reason and success behind it in order to understand.
The health care system of today will be invaluable without the help of well-trained registered professional nurses. According to Wilkinson, Treas, Barnett, Smith (2016) registered nurses in today’s health care have the training required to develop a care plan with other health care workers that is specific for each patient in their care, instead of the same general approach for every patient. This is known as patient centered care because each patient is different from the other and the registered nurse role includes developing a good plan for every patient they care for. In performing such duties, registered nurses tend to create a strong bond with their patients by caring for their patients by all means possible. By caring for their patients, they tend to gain their patients and their families trust. According to Wilkinson et al. (2016) There are many support systems for patients in our communities that have good intentions of assisting sick people and those in need. Most of them are not known by the patient or their families. The registered nurse is the one who is in the position to inform the patient or family about such resources that may be very helpful for them if they are interested. By doing so, the patient knows that the nurse really cares about him/her and that feels very comforting and may help the patient get well
Caring in the field of nursing is a very important aspect. The nurse should always care for their patient on a personal level. I have no nursing experience at all, so I can not say that I have actual experience caring for a person in a hospital. On the other hand, I have been involved in many instances where I had to stick out a helping hand.
Most long-term care facilities have a nice, caring environment. Most facilities have exceptionally trained personnel caring for that family member’s needs and concerns. Being within the nursing field one notices the morale and the health of these forgotten individuals declining rapidly with no family bonds to connect to anymore. The nursing staff and facilities members, attempt to replace the bonds lost between resident and family. The bonds formed with staff and resident, are not equal to seeing a grandchild at holidays, and being included at that special family reunion. It is understandable some family units don t carry the tight connections other ily units share. Family support systems most require on admittance to semiprivate, busy nursing home settings are lost. Surroundings of this...
The nurse in today's society provides different services to the healthcare community. Taylor (2011) lists the common roles of the nurse as follows: communicators, educators, researchers, advocates, collaborators, and caregivers. The communicator role of a nurse involves “effective interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients of all ages in a wide variety of healthcare settings” (Taylor, 2011, pg 11). Patients look to nurses for information and communicate better with them because they are the most hands on role in the healthcare setting. As an educator, the nurse is responsible for assessing and evaluating individualized teaching plans for patients and their families (pg
They should feel that they are cared for by friendly, approachable, available, helpful and informative staff who can listen to them, offer them advice, protect their dignity, anticipate their anxieties and act in appropriate ways.” (Proctor). She explains the importance of patient and caregiver communication, as well as, the characteristics to portray towards a patient. When a nurse shows respect and acknowledges the patient that shows they are willing to have an open relationship to give quality
The intent of this interview was discussed with the family, namely, how the data would be used to discuss family experiences for an assignment in Family and Societal Nursing for RNs at State University. Most importantly, I mentioned to the family that I hoped to provide them with interventions and support to...