The wife generally does not eat breakfast. She’ll have a cup of coffee and take a banana to work for later. The youngest daughter eats breakfast after being up for at least an hour or so. The father is a truck driver. His schedule is so inconsistent that sometimes he’s not sure if he’s eating breakfast, lunch or dinner.
She does not attend a daycare. Dylan and his sister live with their biological parents, who are in their low 20’s, in income-based housing. Their father has not worked since the beginning of the year and their mother recently got a part time job working overnights, so they are able to watch the kids on their own. The Child and Family Services Department of Health and Human Services became
Watson indicates throughout her work that all human beings have inherent needs to participate in caring exchanges, both as giver and receiver and that nursing holds the essence of this fundamental need. (Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2011). Realizing individual’s self-worth as a human being, Watson strongly feels that no person should be objectified and treated as an object. (Keegan & Drick, 2011). She defines environment/society addresses the idea that nurses have existed in every society a caring attitude is transmitted from generation to generation by the culture of the nursing profession.
Values, health perception The family does not visit the primary care office for visits other than what is absolute necessary. The family has not had health insurance for over 10 years. The youngest child is covered under the mothers insurance. The youngest child visits the doctor’s office as needed and for annual physicals. The older son is underweight and has difficulty gaining weight, he does not visit the doctor and treats his allergy and sinus problems with over the counter products.
Running head: Family Health Assessment Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: Family Center Health Promotion NRS-429V August 8th, 2012 Family Health Assessment Everyday changes in healthcare make family assessment more important as ever as a tool for health care providers seeking to assist the family move themselves toward higher levels of wellness. A family system is a group of individuals and the pattern of relationships between them (Servonsky & Gibbons, 2005). The family defines its views of health, makes decisions regarding health practices, and is the most frequent provider of health care to family members. In 1987, Marjory Gordon challenged professional nurses to adopt a standard nursing framework to guide data collection in the assessment phase of the nursing process (Nettle, et al, 1993). Gordon delineated a typology of 11 health patterns as a universal framework for nurses.
She has high school level education and used to work before she had her child. Their child, A.S, is five months old who was born with congenital positional clubbed feet. Secondly, environmental assessment was taken where it was evident that the family was very careful about the home safety. According to the home safety assessment, the couples had done 63% of the listed items, while they anticipated 20% to do in future, and 18 % did not apply to them. Their neighborhood is a very quiet place, without any history of drug abuse or any kind of police involved cases.
Lunch is an important meal of the day and many children eat it at school. It helps our bodies and brains grow and develop into the way that they are supposed to by boosting our metabolism and giving us energy for the rest of the day. But it's probably one of the biggest problems in schools throughout America. We are told to eat healthy and good but we cannot always do that with the choices we have at the school. Students are being fed unhealthy lunches at school cafeterias simply because it is cheaper to produce unhealthy processed foods so alternatives and healthier food go away.
The Taylor family rates their overall health as “good”. Mr. Taylor was a 19 year meth addict, but has been drug free for the past 8 years, he also has sleep apnea, but has lost over 100lbs since having the gastric sleeve surgery over a year ago. Mrs. Taylor has lost over 50lbs in a year. No one in the family suffers from any other health issues and no one takes any
Family can best be described as a social unit living together, usually under one roof. They can be related by blood, marriage, cohabitation or adoption (Merriam-Webster, 2010). Each family member can function independently in their own defined roles. When family’s roles are combined with one another, their beliefs and values usually support the family unit. These beliefs, values, and practices influence the health promotion and disease prevention in which they seek (Edelman & Mandle, 2010).
My mother read to me every night until I fell asleep. I can remember having dreams about the fairytales she read to me. My father let me pick a book out of the Scholastic paper I use to get every month at school. It didn’t matter how much the book cost he never said no. Welty said, “Neither of my parents had come from homes that could afford to buy many books, but though it must have been something of a strain on his salary, as the youngest officer in a young insurance company, my father was all the while carefully selecting and ordering away for what he and Mother though we children should grow up with.”(Welty, 391) I remember my father giving me his old Hardy Boys books when I was about eight years old.