family health assessment essay

family health assessment

Select a family to complete a family health assessment. (The family cannot be your own.)

Before interviewing the family, develop three open-ended, family-focused questions for each of the following health patterns:

1. Values, Health Perception
2. Nutrition
3. Sleep/Rest
4. Elimination
5. Activity/Exercise
6. Cognitive
7. Sensory-Perception
8. Self-Perception
9. Role Relationship
10. Sexuality
11. Coping

NOTE: Your list of questions must be submitted with your assignment as an attachment.

 

After interviewing the family, compile the data and analyze the responses.

In 1,000-1,250 words, summarize the findings for each functional health pattern for the family you have selected.

Identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses based on your family assessment. Wellness and family nursing diagnoses are different than standard nursing diagnoses. A list of wellness and family nursing diagnoses, from J. R. Weber’s Nurses Handbook of Health Assessment (5th ed.), can be found at the following link Nurses Handbook of Health Assessment

 

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Family Health Assessment 

	1 Unsatisfactory 0.00%	2 Less than Satisfactory 75.00%	3 Satisfactory 79.00%	4 Good 89.00%	5 Excellent 100.00%
80.0 %Content
20.0 %Develops Open-Minded, Family-Focused Questions for Each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns	The development of open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns is not offered.	The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns is offered, but may be lacking in quality to elicit needed information.	The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and appropriate for eliciting needed information.	The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns meet the requirements of the assignment and are appropriate while structured in a way that shows sensitivity to the patient’s culture and beliefs.	The development of two to three open minded, family-focused questions for each of the 11 Identified Health Patterns that are both thoughtful in content and in how they support each other in eliciting a holistic view of the patient.
30.0 %Summarizes the Findings for Each Functional Health Pattern	Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is not offered.	Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is offered, but incomplete, lacking relevant information.	Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family meets the requirements of the assignment.	Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is supported by accurate details.	Brief summarization of the findings for each functional health pattern for your family is supported by accurate details along with thoughtful reflection.
30.0 %Wellness and Family Nursing Diagnoses	Identification of two or more wellness and family nursing diagnoses, based on your family assessment is not offered.	Identification of two or more wellness and family nursing diagnoses that you identified about your family based on your assessment are offered, but incomplete, lacking relevant information.	Identification of two or more wellness and family nursing diagnoses that you identified about your family based on your assessment meet the requirements of the assignment.	Identification of two or more wellness and family nursing diagnoses that you identified about your family based on your assessment are supported by accurate details.	Identification of two or more wellness and family nursing diagnoses that you identified about your family based on your assessment are supported by accurate details along with thoughtful reflection.
15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
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100 %Total Weightage

 

Family Assessment Questions

Questions asked to the Smith Family.  They live in a suburban area in California.  Neither of their parents are divorced and they have been married for 25 years.  They are in their middle adult stage of life and have two children.  The children are in college and work part time.  Both of the parents work full time.  The father has Type II diabetes.  Each individual is employed or a full time student and functions independently.

 

1. Values, health perception
2. How many times do you participate in regular health exams? Wife and daughter get all routine health visits.  Father and son do not go to the doctor regularly.  Father gets yearly eye and dental exam.  Father takes Metformin for his diabetes.
3. How do you describe your general state of health? They describe themselves as physically a healthy family but very busy.
4. What prescribed medications do you take? Father takes Metformin

 

2. Nutrition
3. Where are most of your meals consumed?  The family shares very few meals together since they are so busy with school and work.
4. How often in a week do you eat out verses eating at home? Eat out or order food to take home four days a week.  Eat home cooked meals three times a week.  Children are not overweight.  Father is slightly overweight.
5. What kind of foods do you regularly eat? Pizza, sandwiches, soda and coffee.

 

3. Sleep/rest
4. How many hours a night do you and the family sleep? The family reports sleeping 6-8 hours per night.  Father works night shift and gets less sleep then the others.
5. What are the usual sleeping habits of the family?  Mother and daughter go to sleep early and rise early.  Son goes to bed late and sleeps until 10 AM.  Father sleeps during the day as he works at night.
6. What time does the family go to bed and rise in the morning? The mother and daughter report that they go to sleep at 10 PM.  Father sleeps at 8 AM until 2 PM.  Son reports going to sleep at midnight.

 

4. Elimination
5. Do you have difficulty with constipation or diarrhea? No problem.  No constipation or diarrhea.
6. How often do you go to the bathroom in 24 hours? Regular bathroom habits 6-8 times per day.
7. How often do you get waken up in the might to go to the bathroom? Father reports that he gets up every night to go to the bathroom.

5. Activity/Exercise
6. How many times in a week do you and the family exercise? Father, son and daughter exercise regularly.  They go to the gym and bike ride.  The family all agrees that they need to do more physical exercise.
7. How many hours do the children watch TV or play on a computer every day?  Parents report of being on computer or watching TV 10 hours a day, because they both have fulltime jobs and work on computers.  The children state they are on the computer or watch TV 6-8 hours a day due to homework.
8. What does the family do for fun? The family likes to go to the show, dinner or take weekend trips for fun.

6. Cognitive
7. How does the family get information about health care? They get their information about health care from their primary care physician or the internet.
8. What is the usual family reading pattern? Daughter reads 4 hours a day.  Son reads only when necessary for school.  Parents do not read at home only at work.
9. How do the family members recognize signs and symptoms of deteriorating health? They know that they need to go to the doctor when they have a fever or pain.

7. Sensory Perception
8. Do you see your family following the same traits as past generations?  Mother says that yes she sees the family following the same traits as she likes to cook like her mother.  The father thinks that their family is much different then way he grew up and disagrees.
9. What communication techniques do you use in your family?  They text each other, or call on cell phones.  If they are in the same room they will talk to one another but not very often.
10. How does your family show their affection? The family states that they are not affectionate with one another.  Mother disagrees with the family; she states that she tells her family that she loves them all the time.

 

8. Self-Perception
9. Describe your outlook on life? (hopeful, doubtful or hopeless) The family reports that they are all hopeful and have a positive outlook on life.
10. What kind of feelings do family members have for one another?The family reports that they love one another but get frustrated with one another also.
11. How does the family deal with stress and crisis situations? The family reports to having greater stress with the down turn of the economy and decreased income, however, they feel as though they are doing okay.  They talk or yell at each other when they have a stressful event.

9. Role Relationships
10. Do you feel your role in the family is a healthy one?  The family reports that they have a healthy role in the family except the son, he feels left out at times.
11. When participating in family discussions or disagreements, do you feel your opinions are acknowledged?  Yes they feel their opinions are acknowledged.  The family participates in open discussions and allows for different opinions and discusses the best way to solve them together.
12. Who is employed outside the home? All family members are employed outside their home.

10. Sexuality
11. How does the family address family planning? The family did not want to discuss this topic.  They state they have religious reasons for not discussing.
12. Openly about talking about sexuality within the family? Daughter states that she can talk to her mother if she has any questions about sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases.  They do not regularly talk about sexuality within the family.
13. Do you approach relationships with safe practices in mind?  The children are not in relationships and prefer not to answer.

 

11. Coping Stress tolerance
12. How does the family cope with stressful situations? The Smith family divides on this topic.  The mother and daughter feel like they deal with stressful situations by communication.  The father and son yell and prefer not to discuss it.  However they report that they do not have very many.
13. What stressful situations has the family experienced? The father lost his job of 15 years due to the economic recession.  They all pulled together and the two children both got jobs to help out.  They report that the father was unemployed for 1 year.
14. What values or beliefs help you make daily decisions? The family reports that their faith and religion has helped them with making decisions.  The parents feel that they have made bad decisions in the past and those bad choices taught them very important lessons in life.  The parents state that it is important to instill these values in their children, however, they still allow for them to make their own mistakes.  They feel that it is through these mistakes that one learns consequences of their actions.