Nursing: Family Assessment Case Study
What components of the Friedman Family Assessment would you complete on your first visit with this family? Explain your rationale.
The first component would be to identify the family type. This is an extended family structure consisting of Jill 15, Mom 33; Mom’s boyfriend 40; two step brothers’ ages 11 and 12, younger sister is 2 years old (Minnesota Department of Health, 2006). Subsequently, the next step would be to begin an evaluation of the family.
These pertain to risk factors of each person in the household and they include assessment of stressful situations, dysfunctional behaviors, biological ...