CHN family assessment

This is the first major phase of the nursing process in family health nursing practice that involves a set of actions by which the nurse measures the status of the family as a client.

• Evaluation

• Planning

• Assessment

• Intervention

This is a process whereby existing and potential health problems of the family are determined. These health problems are categorized as wellness state, health threats, health deficits and stress points

• second level assessment

• third level assessment

• first level assessment

• fourth level assessment

This type of assessment defines the nature or type of nursing problems that the family encounters in performing the health tasks with respect to a given health condition or problem and the etiology or barriers to the family's assumption of these tasks

• first level assessment

• second level assessment

• third level assessment

• fourth level assessment

Data collection for first level assessment involves gathering data which will generate the categories of health conditions or problems of the family. Select all that apply

• Family structure, characteristics and dynamics

• socio economic and cultural characteristics

• home and environment

• health status of each family members

• values and practices on health promotion/maintenance and disease prevention

This method of data collection while doing a family assessment is done through the use of the sensory capacities like sight, hearing . smell and touch.

• Interview

• record review

• Observation

• Laboratory / diagnostic tests

In order to achieve wellness among family members and reduce or eliminate health problems, the standard or norm of the family as a functioning unit involves the ability to perform the following health tasks . Select all that apply.

• recognize the presence of a wellness state or health condition or problem

• makes decisions about taking appropriate health actin to maintain wellness or manage the health problem

• provide nursing care to the sick, disabled, dependent or at risk members

• maintain a home conducive to health maintenance and personal development

• Utilize community resources for health care

To facilitate the process of defining family problems, a classification system of family nursing problems was developed and field tested in 1978. This tool is called:

• Newborn screening tool

• MMDST screening tool

• Typology of nursing problems in Family Nursing Practice

• Nursing Care Plan

Demographic data includes all of the following except:

• Age

• adequacy of rest and sleep

• civil status

• gender

This is stated as Potential or Readiness- a clinical or nursing judgement about a client in transition from a specific level of wellness or capability to a higher level

• Presence of Health Deficit

• Presence of health threats

• Presence of stress points

• Presence of wellness condition

It is nursing judgement based on wellness state or condition based on a client's performance ,current competencies or clinical data but no explicit expression of client's desire

• Wellness potential

• Readiness for enhanced wellness state

• presence of health threats

• presence of health deficits