Patient This section presents a brief patient assessment, including a case history of the client considered in the study. Mubilajeh, thin proportioned and nearly seven feet tall, is a thirty-year-old African male originally from Nigeria. He is a peaceful and proud African man. He has been married to his wife, Zhane, for nine years, and they hope to have children very soon. At the age of fourteen, Mubilajeh's father passed away, which left his mother alone to raise six children.
The father who is currently 38, and mother who is 44, met when the husband was working odd jobs and was struggling to find stable work in Northern California in the month of June 1996. At that time the mother was working as a care giver in Northern California for a medical company. The father is 50% Choctaw Indian and 50% white Caucasian and the mother is English and German. They soon married and had two children, the oldest son who is currently 13, was born on December 1, 1997, and the youngest son who is 9, who was born on January 1, 2002. The mother had a daughter when she was 21 years of age out of wedlock.
Her father moved in with me to my parent’s house. I graduated with A’s and B’s, which was hard. In the next three years we had two more kids. Then he started acting funny. He couldn’t hold a job down for more than a month.
SF is a homemaker, and has been for 20 years, but enjoys attending a gym for exercise, getting out to the book club, and shopping. She is 40 years old, born in New Jersey and is trim, but expressed concerns several times over her weight. She is primary caregiver to daughter HF and stated she is overwhelmed by the care she needs to coordinate for HF, brain-injured in a car accident that HF’s sister, EF was responsible for. SF was tearful several times in talking about her life. HF is 17 years old, born in Lancaster, and a year ago was injured in a car accident, sustaining head injuries which left her partially paralyzed and blind in the right eye.
Family Assessment Casey Schuler Bemidji State University Family Description The family discussed in this paper is a blended family. Included is a stepfather (SK), age 50, a mother (LS), age 48, and three children (TS, MS, LS), whose ages are 26, 21 and 18 respectively. The mother is the biological parent of all three children from a previous marriage which ended in divorce from alcoholism in her spouse. The spouse and biological father (GS) has a distant relationship with the children and does not live close. The stepfather also has a child from a previous marriage who was adopted by his uncle and aunt.
George says he works hard 40-50 hours a week and brings his entire check home. He describes himself as a good man, older than Teresa who works, comes home, and doesn’t run around – “I know how to be a good man” (Case study). George states, “I take care of my boy and my mom … I thought Teresa would be working again and the baby more grown” (Case study). George tells the counselor that Teresa wanted a daughter and was so happy; however, now nothing seems good. George has described his mother as being real good with children; he describes Teresa’s sister (who babysits JJ) as kind of dumb.
Family Assessment: Gordon's 11 Functional Health Patterns Shirley Allen Grand Canyon University Family Assessment: Gordon's 11 Functional Health Patterns Healthcare today is centered around health promotion. A framework for prevention of disease and health promotion is provided by Healthy People 2010. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns gives us structure for collecting material through assessment of the patient and their family and that assists in spotting lifestyle patterns. The mentioned patterns assist in leading nursing diagnoses and interventions for current or likely complications to advance health and well-being (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). This composition will layout two to three Q & A for all patterns used to evaluate the family and decipher the conclusion of a particular family utilizing Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns.
After reviewing each specific case study, the team will examine the fundamental legal aspects, the legal responsibilities of nurses in the work setting, how personal and societal values can influence ethical decision making, and how the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics would influence a final decision in each case study. The fundamental aspects of each case must be understood to make a decision. In the case of a potential end-of-life decision, there are multiple family members with conflicting views trying to make a decision on behalf of a 79 –year old female who has suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and is in an unresponsive state on a ventilator. There is no advanced directive or durable power of attorney. In the case of malpractice, a nurse has been called as a witness to testify against a fellow colleague who performed negligent patient care resulting in harm.
Proper swaddling technique February 15, 2011 In the matter of a very short time, a newborn finds themself thrust from the comfort of a mother’s womb to a frightening foreign world. Swaddling is a technique that has been used for many years providing security and comfort while maintaining the newborn’s temperature within an appropriate range. On Tuesday February 15, 2011, I was assigned a patient who I will refer to as “C.M.” and while providing care for her during my clinical shift, I learned that she lacked knowledge relating to correct swaddling technique. C.M. is a 25 year old African American who previously earned a Bachelor’s in Business and currently employed by the corporate office of Gap.
These beliefs, values, and practices influence the health promotion and disease prevention in which they seek (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The assessment of these practices is an essential role nurse’s play in caring for each individual and family. By using the family focused approach the nurse can determine the support and care a family can provide to the patient. The nurse can then assess the family’s potential of obtaining optimal health. The purpose of this paper is for the nurse to complete a health assessment of a family by using Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns and the system’s approach.