Family process Flashcards
(26 cards)
What are commonalties among families who cope well? (10)
Spirituality Positive Outlook Family Accord Social Support Mutual recreational interests Routines & rituals Flexibility Financial management time together communication
What are family processes?
Coping resilience power decision making communication routines and rituals Roles
Who are vulnerable families?
illness poverty sauce environmental history colonialism abuse violence
Key processes in family resilience (3)
Belief System
Organizational Pattern
Communication
Belief system as process of family resilience:
- finding meaning in adversity
- positive outlook
- spiritual / faith system
Organizational Patterns as family resilience:
- connectedness
- flexibility
- social & emotional relationships ( do better)
Communication as family resilience:
- open expression of emotion
- collaboritive health problem solving
- clarity
How do nurses support to enhance resilience?
Relational Nursing Practice
Recognize and acknowledge suffering….
Use empowering processes that work well and are familiar to the family
Use a strength based approach to help families adjust to stressors
When family processes threatened nurses may help families to: (4)
- Help families to: establish priorities, respond to everyday needs, work through practical decision making, provide contact information
When changing roles in family, nurses can help families?
adapt, negotiate, give up expectations or find additional resources to support changing roles
Roles in family?
Caregiver provider sick role therapeutic role intamate role recreational role kinship
Family communication is:
ongoing, complex, changing activity for families to crease & share & regulate meaning to make sense of their world
- continuous, defines present realities
- helps family find ways to adapt to change as seeking family stability
- flexible families adapt more easily
- adaptability is manifested in how assertive family members are,amount of control in families, family discipline, family power, how rigid family roles are and the nature and enforcement of rules in the family
What does family decision making provide:
means for members to contribute to process, support one another, set & achieve goals together
What process influences decision making outcomes:
communication
What is the main goal of conflict in decision making?
concensus
Is anger & conflict destructive in decision making?
not always
What are counterproductive emotions to decision making?
contempt, belligerence and defensiveness
What are examples of family rituals
formal celebration, traditions, religious observances, symbolism
What are examples of family routines
patterned bhvrs, interactions linked with daily activities
- including tx. of guests
What do family rituals & routines do for family?
provide organization/meaning
What is highly important in family rituals and routines?
anthropology, sociology
What is it important for nurses to assess for rituals and routines?
ritual & routines specific to health/illness
Why is assessment of family routine & rituals important and what does it do for nurse?
Provides a basis to envision distinct family interventions
Helps devise specific plans for health promotion and disease management
Important when adherence to medical routines is critical
When caregiving demands are burdensome to families.
Roles of parent with child with chronic illness?
taking care of illness (technological/nontechnological)
nurturing child
nuturing family
parental care (external/internal)
