Chapter 12: Working with Family Flashcards
What is the definition of family?
Self-identified group of two or more individuals, share characteristics & function like family
What are some family assessment tools?
Genogram, Ecomap, Models-Calgary Family Assessment, Friedman Family Assessment, McGill Model of Nursing
What is an Genogram?
describes family structure, relationships and health information.
What is a Ecomap?
visual depiction of contact with the larger system
Name 10 types of family forms
(nuclear, extended, blended, single parent, foster, adoptive, gay/lesbian, dual-career, extramarital sex families, big brother/big sister)
What is Family as context?
places emphasis on the individual, keeping in mind that he/she is part of a larger system
What is Family as Client?
places emphasis on the family as a whole (a set of interacting parts).
Name 5 family functions- how families meet the needs of individuals members and society expectations
(affective- most vital, social placement/socialization, reproductive, economic, health care)
Which of the following are true regarding care considerations of vulnerable families?
- Resources are insufficient, compromised family functions and tasks
- Illness or crisis exists
- Challenges with problem solving, blame others/disorganized
- Addiction, violence, low stress tolerance
All are true
What are the 3 keys to family resilience?
- belief systems
- organization patterns
- communication processes
Describe 5 major family health risks?
Biologic risk (disease/illness related to disease/lifestyle),
Economic risk (financial resources and demand),
Socialization/social risk (stressors & society’s resources for coping/support),
Behavioural lifestyle risk (personal health habits),
Life Event risk( normative/maturational or non-normative/situational)
What are some characteristics of functional and dysfunctional (high vs low functional) families?
Ineffective coping, lack of support, lack of problem-solving & decision-making skills, poor/lack of parental role modelling, too permissive/restrictive, control/domineering, lack of respect, not open to help from others outside family, no involvement with community, unclear roles, lack of communication/unclear
What does family cohesion and flexibility refer to?
Cohesion- emotional bonding among members and Flexibility- amount of change in leadership, roles, relationships, rules)
Disengaged families
families are distanced and lack loyalty
Enmeshed families
families are dependent on each other with little separation
Rigid families
families that have strict discipline/rules and seldom change
Chaotic families
families that lack structure and change too much
What are the three stages of Caregiving stages?
Stage 1. Encounter: need for rapid adjustment of major
changes and losses in life
Stage 2. Enduring: heavy-duty caregiving & coping with
everyday stress is the norm
Stage 3. Exit: end or reduce career demands
Family as a system
interacting parts and assessment of the dynamics among these parts, rather than the individual parts themselves
Family as a component of society
basic or primary unit of society and is recognized as one of the many institutions of society
