CHAPTER 1: Family Centered Nursing Care

Families

Answer explanation

-defined as=what an individual considers it to be -groups that should remain constant in children's lives -positive family relationships are characterized by parent-child interactions that show mutual warmth and respect

Family-Centered Nursing Care

Answer explanation

Includes: -agreed upon partnerships between families if children, nurses, and providers in which the families and children benefit -respecting cultural diversity, and incorporating cultural views in the plan of care -understanding growth and development needs of children and their families -treating children and their families as clients -working with all types of families -collaborating with families regarding hospitalization, home, and community resources -Allowing families to serve as experts regarding their children's health conditions, usual behaviors in different situations, and routine needs

Promoting Family-Centered care

Answer explanation

-nurses should identify strengths and weaknesses -nurses should pay close attention when family members state that a child "isn't acting right" or had any other concerns IMP=children's concerns should be considered when providing care

Characteristics of healthy families

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-members communicate well and listen to each other -there is affirmation and support for all members -members teach respect for others -there is a sense of trust -Members play and share humor together -Members interact with one another -there's a shared sense of responsibility -there are traditions and rituals -members seek help for their problems

Family Theories: 1. Family systems

Answer explanation

-the family is viewed as a whole system, instead of individual members -A change to one member affects the entire system -the system can both initiate and react to change -too much or too little change= can be DYSFUNCTIONAL

2. Family stress

Answer explanation

-describes stress as inevitable -stressors can be expected (IE wedding, birth of a child) or unexpected (IE death, illness of child, or divorce) -Explains the reaction of a family to stressful events -NURSE= offer guidance for adapting to stress

3. Developmental

Answer explanation

-views family as a small group that interacts with the larger social system -emphasizes similarities and consistencies in how families develop and change -Use Duvall's family life cycle stages to describe the changes a family goes through over time -How a family functions in one stage has a direct effect on how the family will function in the next stage

Traditional Nuclear family

Answer explanation

Married couple and their biological children; *only full brothers and sisters

Nuclear Family

Answer explanation

Two parents and their children (biological, adoptive, step, and foster)

Single-parent family

Answer explanation

One parent and one or more children