FAMILY NURSING

PROCESS

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👆 FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
- Tools for assessment , family data
analysis
👆 Family Nursing diagnosis (Family Coping
Index)
👆 Formulating Nursing Care Plan
- Priority setting
- establishing goals & objectives
- selecting appropriate family interventions
👆 Implementing Family Care Plan
👆 Evaluation

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SETTING OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
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interventions
Combination of program elements or
strategies

May include educational programs,

new/stronger policies, improvements in the
environment, health promotion campaign

MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IN DIFFERENT

SETTINGS
INTERVENTIONS CREATE CHANGE BY:

influencing individuals’ knowledge,

attitudes, beliefs and skills

increasing social support

creating supportive environments,

policies and resources

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 PREVENTIVE
INTERVENTION

👉 characterized by the level of risk of the

population targeted for intervention
👉Family, school and community-
based interventions help reduce significant
personal, family, and social costs of problem
behaviors
 REHABILITATIVE
INTERVENTION

👉 both non-pharmacological and non-

surgical treatments used by
therapists in clinical practice
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EVALUATION
 Evaluation is not an end to
family health care program

 The ultimate goal is for a family

to be self-supporting &
independent
FAMILY NURSING PROBLEM

HEALTH FIRST LEVEL SECOND LEVEL

PROBLEM ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT
Cough and colds 1. Inability to 1. Inability to recognize
recognize the the existence of a
existence of a problem due to
problem ignorance of facts.
2. Inability to make 2. Inability to make
decisions with decisions with respect
respect to taking to taking appropriate
appropriatehealth health actions due to:
actions a. Failure to comprehend
the nature, magnitude
or scope of the problem
b. Lack of knowledge as
to alternative courses
of action open to them
FAMILY HEALTH CARE PLAN
Health Family Goals Objectives intervention Method of Resources evaluation
problem nursing nursing required
problem family
contact

Cough and 1. Inability After After nursing 1. Discuss Home visit Visual aids Criteria:
colds to nursing intervention, with family Clinic visit Time and Cured
recogniz interven the following members the effort of both cough
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existence ff., are achieved: knowing the family Standard:
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 example

CUES/DATA
• - 37 y/o mother of 7 @ 21 wks AOG w/ BP of
140/90, slight pedal edema, wt: 118 lbs 19

• - Mother verbalized “ I did not have problems

w/ previous pregnancies & even my
present.”
• - Busy with work as fish vendor, hardly go to
the center for check-up
• - Health center 3 km from the house
• - laboratory for urinalysis is 10 km away
Possible Preeclampsia
Criteria Computation
Nature of the problem
Modifiability of the Problem
Preventive Potential
Salience of the 0/2 (1)
Problem
Actual Score Justification
3/3 (1) 1 The problem is health deficit
and requires more
immediate intervention
2/2 (1) 2 The resources and
interventions needed to
solve the problems are
available to the family
3/3 (1) 1 The possibility of
complications during labor
and delivery and
occurrence of abnormalities
in the infant are prevented if
preeclampsia is eliminated
as early as possible
0 The family does not
recognize the
existence of the
problem
 Family Nursing Problems
A. Possible Complicated Pregnancy
1. Inability to recognize presence of complication of pregnancy due
to lack of knowledge
2. Inability to provide adequate nursing care to pregnant member due
to:
a. lack of knowledge on the nature and management of the
health condition
b. lack of knowledge on the nature and extent of nursing care
needed
3. Failure to utilize community resources for health care due to:
a. failure to perceive benefits of health care
b. physical inaccessibility of required service facility for urinalysis.
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