Essays on Family Health

Critique of a Quantitative Research Article

The critique of a research project is the objective and critical evaluation of the content of a research report for its scientific merit as well as application to practice. It entails asking questions about whether every step in the research process meets the set standards (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014). This paper will critique the research report by Caicedo (2014) entitled “Families with special needs children: Family health, functioning, and care burden.” It will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the study, identify the enablers and barriers to the project, discuss the expected outcomes of the project, and evaluate the overall ...

Introduction

With the various changes witnessed in the society’s demographic structure and delivery of the healthcare services, the nursing profession is largely recognizing the importance of the family in regard to the wellbeing as well as the health of individuals and families. Essentially, nursing practice involves caring for individuals as well as families whereby this requires nurses to have the relevant skills and knowledge to enable them work with families and foster healthy choices among individuals and families (Carlson & Carlson, 2014). As such, in order to establish healthy and collaborative relationships and foster the involvement of families in their ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

The identification of the program of study and professional development plan (PDP) is critical when pursuing graduate study. The PDP and the program have to be in line with the personal and professional goals (Thompson, 2011). This assignment will be highly significant in describing my educational and professional background and look keenly into the professional and personal goals about my course and the practicum.

Educational and Professional Background

My name is XXXX, and I wish to begin with a brief description of my personal life. I currently reside in XXXX. I am married, I have children, and I work in a neonatal intensive ...

The elderly population, beyond the age of 65 has tremendously increased, and current projections indicate that this population will continually increase in the coming years. The healthcare settings have not gone free of these changing demographics, and there has been a need to develop policies that cut across all healthcare settings to facilitate quality care for the aging population (Bennett & Flaherty-Robb, 2003). Different literatures have addressed the issue of care for the elderly population in various ways. While many recommendations exist at technical level, the primary idea is that the healthcare sector needs to adopt policies that facilitate quality ...

Introduction

Nursing is one of the most endowed and marketable careers in the entire world. However, discovering ones potential and the desired area of specialization are important factors in determining the future workplace of a nurse. There are several areas of nursing specialization, one of them being that of a Family Nurse Practitioner. When seeking for a job, it is very important for an individual nurse to come up with proper strategies on how to tackle tactical interview questions from the employers. This is because of stiff competition in the job market, making the employers to focus on very bright minds in the ...

Introduction

Sharon Terry (2012) explained that a person’s Family health history can be gathered from a number of resources. These include observing choices one makes on a daily basis; legends and stories shared by older family members as well as the culture of one’s community. Precisely she advocates that everyone should endeavor to collect data pertaining to their family history because it can prolong as well as save lives (Terry, 2012).

In this module I will outline the family history of my co-worker, Sandra. Specific features that would be addressed pertain towards medical, social and common life expectancy indicators referencing the ...

The article Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Intervention Among African American and Latino Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial reports the results of the study conducted by Spencer et al. (2011) at Detroit, Michigan. The intervention investigated is the use of family health advocates in promoting lifestyle changes in self-management activities among patients. The main hypothesis of the study was “the intervention would significantly improve HbA1c levels in the intervention group compared with the control group” (p.2257). The design of the study was a randomized control trial which utilized a “culturally-tailored CHW intervention” (p. 2254). The results showed ...

Introduction

Conceptual mapping is a graphical representation of concepts or ideas and the relationship between them. The concepts are represented as vertices of a graph while the relationship between them is represented by edges which may be directional or unidirectional depending on the relationship between the concepts. Conceptual mapping can be thought of as theory-building process because it explores the relationship between various concepts such as causes and effects. In this easy, the works of various authors are analyzed in view of conceptual mapping as a theory-building process. Artinian, B. M. (1982). Conceptual Mapping: Development of the Strategy. West Journal of

Nursing Research 4(4), 379-393.

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Discussion Questions

GCU offers a variety of nursing programs to students who want to pursue nursing or advance in their studies. Personally, I want to study Master of Science in nursing specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. In GCU, this program is offered on both evening classes and online ones. A master in family nurse partitioning is an advanced program that will enable me to provide primary health care to families, communities, and other people through making basic judgments. As a Family nurse practitioner, I will provide health care services to patients to prevent chronic illness, manage health records, diagnose chronic diseases and provide ...

Interview

Healthcare and diversity of cultures are inseparable entities. They all have a direct influence over each other. As such, nurses and other healthcare providers are required to practice a significant level of competency to achieve quality outcomes of the care process (Diller, 2014). In a bid to understand the role of cultural competence in healthcare provision, I interviewed one JT an LPN working in New York at a renowned Nursing home. JT is born to a Mexican father and a Polish mother, and she has significant experiences living in the two parent countries before the family relocated permanently to the USA. JT says that she ...

In this family health assessment, the family interviewed hails from Kisumu County, which is part of the western belt of Kenya. This family is of low-income comprising five members; a father, mother, two sons and a daughter. Theirs is a fairly young family with the parents in their mid-thirties. The two sons are nine and seven years whereas the daughter is five. They own a small plot of land, about a half an acre, where they practice subsistence farming growing maize, legumes, sweet potatoes, and traditional vegetables. They also rear a single cross-breed cow that produces milk for sale. This forms a crucial source of this ...

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is one of the licensed organizations for the specialty of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) (Bernard, 2013). FNP are registered nurses that serve in the primary and specialty health care under a physician. Family Nurse Practitioners in AANP work with patients to diagnose illness, conduct exams, and prescribe medication (Paul, 2013). The nurses serve as the patient’s sole provider to run their private lives. An AANP-FNP will diagnose the illness of the patient, prescribe medication and therapy, conduct routine check-ups, perform disease prevention measures, perform minor surgery, and order patient laboratory tests.FNP addresses the ...

Introduction

The practice of Family health assessment is important in ensuring that a good healthcare plan is put in place for families. If properly conducted it helps in evaluating the health matters of a family for a better understanding of family health choices which can be analyzed and then in return used to assist the family in making improved health choices. Each family is different from the other with each having a its own unique lifestyle choices, however members of the family need to stick to the family health decisions and see to it that every member adherers to them .health behaviors and decisions ...

Introduction

Have you had any time you went to hospital without health insurance, or you did not have enough money to cover your medicine? No having health insurance is a considerable as one of the big issues in the United States. With the high cost for the hospitals and the thereby for the people who make not much money, that makes them start thinking a lot of how to deal with this issue, and may be will makes them worry about their family and their children. If the Americans receive a health insurance from government, they will get many benefits in their ...

INTRODUCTION

Family health assessment plays a vital role in the formulation of a suitable healthcare plan within a family setup. It aims at using a holistic approach to ensuring that the health of various individuals, communities and families remains client-centered. Since every family is unique in its own way, therefore, it is imperative to have a tool for evaluation that is appropriate for a target family by ensuring that health-related choices , perceptions and their general way of life of the family members has been put into consideration. In the context of family health assessment, the term family is simply meant to represent the biological parents and ...

1. How Dorothea Orem theory led to nursing actions that have made important differences to patients. The Dorothea Orem Theory is a general theory on nursing which focused on three concepts, namely, the theory of self care, the theory of self care deficit and the theory of nursing system. Patients benefitted from the Orem’s general theory of nursing because it paved the way for changes in the nursing actions. In Orem’s theory of self-care, Orem espoused the idea that an individual can initiate and perform activities that will benefit his health and well-being. With this theory, patients ...

Family Health Assessment

Gordon's 11 functional health patterns

a) Values, health perception i. What values have been central in promoting the well-being of the family? ii. What behavior patterns in the family increase your susceptibility to diseases? b) Nutrition i. On average how many glasses of water does each family member consume each day? ii. What does a normal meal include in the family? c) Sleep/Rest i. Does any member of the family suffer from sleep disorders? ii. Does any member of the family experience fatigue despite of having adequate sleep during the night. d) Elimination ...

Introduction

“Health is Wealth”, almost everyone would agree to have heard this proverb once in life, health maintenance does not require a lot of hard work however carelessness may result in a situation where even normal life does not remain easy. Health management is a widely studied subject and all kinds of media are full of information related to healthcare, but still there are a lot of issues that need to be tackled so that good health is maintained. “Ryders are a small family which includes Jason, his wife, two children under the age of fifteen years and his parents. All of them live ...