Cathy is 30 and a staff nurse in the Hayes Hospital in town. Ryan, the elder child, is 3 years and 6 months of age. He is attending a day-care center close to his house. Louise takes him to and from it. Jessica is just 1 year and nine months.
He was a stockbroker at one point, but fell victim to the economy and lost his job December 9, 2008. The mother is 51 and a breast cancer survivor that works two jobs to support her family. One of the jobs as a receptionist in a hair salon and the other in a local college campus office. Both parents have a high school diploma. The son recently graduated from Albany college with a degree in communications.
According to Gary Colombo in his essay “Harmony at Home” the image of the model family is a housewife-mother, a breadwinner father, a couple of kids and a pet or two in a little spacious suburban house. This is the dream of most Americans, but at the same time is a cliché. “The traditional family has existed for more than two hundred years” (18), but can date back to a far as four thousand years ago, to the time of the Mesopotamia. Like Gary Soto in “Looking for Work” the perfect family misleads Soto into thinking what is truth and what if fiction. The idea of the “perfect” model family is so widely accepted, due to the attention that it receives in the media.
Neither of the children are working at this time. • The family does manage to spend quality time together during leisure time. The community offers many free/low-cost activities that they enjoy together. These include, free concerts, farmers markets, camping, and fishing. Developmental Stage and History of Family • Family is the launching stage of family development.
Family Assessment: Functional Health Patterns Pamela Obiadi Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-O507 May 10, 2015 Family Assessment: Functional Health Patterns The selected family is the Nguyen family, who are originally from Vietnam. They came to America in 1993; and have lived in the U.S. for over 20 years. Their family consists of father, mother, two boys and two girls. Given that this family has been in the U.S. for a long time, it is interesting to evaluate their health patterns from various perspectives. This paper is aimed at summarizing the health patterns of Nguyen family and identifying wellness-nursing diagnosis based on the findings from the assessment.
Family Composition 2096 Tocowa Rd. Courtland, Ms 38620 (662)xxx-0609 Name Gender Relationship Date and Place of Birth Occupation Education Mike M Father 3/17/1949 handy man GED Kim F Mother 7/19/1960 nurse ASN Martha F Mike’s Daughter 9/20/1979 housewife High School Diploma Ashley F Kim’s Daughter 9/20/1986 dental tech Surgical Tech Certificate Melissa F Kim’s Daughter 9/20/1997 student Currently in high school The assessment of the family revealed a complex system. This is a blended family with traditional male/female roles. Each spouse has children from previous marriages. Father’s children are grown, married with children, and live in different city.
Becka’s parents both work in the local hospital. Kathleen is a nurse practitioner, and Brent is a custodian. They have lived in Oregon since childhood, and were high school sweethearts. They had Becka when they were both nineteen. Kathleen went to school to become a nurse practitioner when Becka turned one, and Brent took care of her during the day while Kathleen went to school.
Throughout 38 years of living, being a single mother, working the same career for 17 years, and fighting breast cancer still has not strangled the liveliness from Daphne’s spirits. In the beginning, Daphne got pregnant with her first child at the age of 15. She and her son lived with her mother who offered little to no help with caring for her child. Daphne having received little assistance with raising her son, got her to her first job. Burger King, a minimum wage job, paid for daycare and everything her son needed.
Family Life Cycle Connection of theory and therapy Tammy Aime 3064783 Health, Aging and Work of Adulthood Donna Johnson November 25, 2014 Client description: Kay age 55 and Arnold Smith age 59 have been married for 31 years and have two adult children, Brian age 28 who is married to Susan age 25 and have no children, and Jason age 25 who is in a long term relationship with Kim age 24; they also have no children. Both children live away from home and visit the family home on Sundays for family dinner; though Jason has left home in the last year and still asks for financial assistance from time to time. Both Kay and Arnold are still employed with Kay working part time and Arnold working full time. Kay is the primary homemaker and Arnold is quite content having Kay meeting his every need. Upon the leaving of Jason, Kay and Arnold have begun to experience issues with intimacy and communication.
At this point in time my definition of family is a group of two or more people who desire to be together, to share things and ideas, and care for each other, to support each other, and contribute for the good of the whole. My present family is a blended family and consists of a stepfather, myself, and my two sons. I managed to marry my best friend, who also happened to be an acquaintance of my younger son, Phillip, who was 15 at the time. This was a good thing because both the boys are now becoming young adults, and my husband can still be a friend