Characteristics of a Healthy Family
NURS341 FAMILY ASSESSMENT
Module 1 Discussion
DQ1 Characteristics of a Healthy Family
List five characteristics that you believe constitute a healthy family. Discuss ways in which a family might integrate these characteristics into their unit.
DQ2 Economy and Family Structure
How does the economy impact change in family structure?
DQ3 Never-Married vs. Divorced
Why are never-married fathers and mothers at a greater risk for poverty than divorced fathers and mothers?
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Module 2 Discussion
Integrating Theoretical Frameworks
Why is it important for nurses to integrate conceptual and theoretical frameworks when working with families?
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Module 3 Discussion
Personal Health Promotion
Health Promotion is often learned within families, and patterns of health behaviors are formed and passed on to the next generation. Identify your own health promotion behaviors, including how you learned these behaviors, how you changed behaviors over time, and what helped you change the most.
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Module 4 Discussion
DQ1 Clients from Other Cultures
Discuss any experiences that you have had with a client from another culture. Were they positive or negative? Were there any miscommunications or misconceptions? After reading this chapter, how would you have changed this encounter according to what you have learned?
DQ2 Socioeconomic Status & Cultural Influence on Identity
A family’s cultural legacy plays a central role in influencing the family’s value system, function and behavior. The influence of culture shapes choices about what we eat, drink, wear, how we are entertained, how we determine health and illness, what we study in school and other aspects of our daily lives. Discuss how socioeconomic status and cultural upbringing influence an individual’s personal identity.
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Module 5 Discussion
Family Assessment Experience
Discuss the family whom you assessed for the Family Assessment paper. What family assessment model did you use and why? Compare your findings with those of your classmates.
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Module 6 Discussion
DQ1 Principles of Family-Centered Care
What principles of family-centered care would you use with a hospitalized child and family? What principles would you not use? Explain why you would and would not implement these principles.
DQ2 Personal Experience with Families
Discuss your experiences with families, both in health care and in day-to-day activities. How did you interact with the children? With the adults? With the family? Would you have changed how you interacted with this family based on what you have learned this week?
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Module 7 Discussion
Mental Illness in the Media
Summarize the movie that you chose this week on mental illness for the Movies with a Medical Theme Reflection. Discuss the impact that mental illness can have on a family. Discuss the media’s portrayal of mental illness to society, including the video you viewed, as well as media at large.
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Module 1 Assignment
Communication with Clients & Families Reflection
This week, you were to watch How to Do a 15 Minute (or less) Family Interview. In a 2-3 page paper in APA format, reflect on how the information from the video will change how you communicate with your clients and their families.
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Module 2 Assignment
Theoretical Foundations Paper
This week, you read about the theoretical foundations for the nursing of families. These theories include:
Family Systems Theory
Developmental and Family Life Cycle Theory
Family Health and Illness Cycle Model
Bioecological Theory
Family Assessment and Intervention Model
In a 2-3 page paper in APA format, compare two of these theories and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
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Module 3 Assignment 1
Family Ecomap Assignment
Construct a three-generation ecomap to illustrate a family being assessed. Request permission from the adults in the family to develop your ecomap. The family you use for this assignment will also be the family you will use to complete your Family Assessment Paper, due during Week 5.
There are many ways you can create and submit this assignment. If you have a Google account, Google Docs has a tool called Google Draw that allows you to draw using squares, circles, and text. If you use this tool, simply save your drawing as a PDF or JPG to your desktop and upload to submit. (Please, do not submit the .gdraw file type!) Click here for more information on how to use Google Draw. (Links to an external site.)
PowerPoint is another tool that you can use that allows you to create squares, circles, and text. Develop your ecomap on one slide of your presentation, and save it as a PDF or JPG and submit. Click here to access Microsoft Support for help. (Links to an external site.)
Finally, you can draw your ecomap out with a pen and paper. Once you have completed the drawing, either scan the document or take a picture of the document to submit.
The following document has been provided as an example of my expectations (this shows a two-generation map, you need a three-generation map):
Family Ecomap Example
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Module 3 Assignment 2
Family Genogram Assignment
Construct a three-generation genogram to illustrate a family being assessed. Request permission from the adults in the family to develop your genogram. A genogram is a format for drawing a family tree that records information about family members and their relationships over at least three generations. Genograms display family information graphically in a way that provides a quick view of complex family patterns and a rich source of hypotheses about how a health problem may be connected to the family context. The family you use for this assignment will also be the family you will use to complete your Family Assessment Paper, due during Week 5.
There are many ways you can create and submit this assignment. If you have a Google account, Google Docs has a tool called Google Draw that allows you to draw using squares, circles, and text. If you use this tool, simply save your drawing as a PDF or JPG to your desktop and upload to submit. (Please, do not submit the .gdraw file type!) Click here for more information on how to use Google Draw. (Links to an external site.)
PowerPoint is another tool that you can use that allows you to create squares, circles, and text. Develop your genogram on one slide of your presentation, and save it as a PDF or JPG and upload to submit. Click here to access Microsoft Support for help. (Links to an external site.)
Finally, you can draw your genogram out with a pen and paper. Once you have completed the drawing, either scan the document or take a picture of the document and submit.
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Module 4 Assignment
Cultural Reflection
Pick and research a culture of your choice. Provide an overview of the following information:
Religion
Holidays
Diet
Tradition
Beliefs about Health
Your reflection should be 3-5 pages and written in APA format.
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Module 5 Assignment
Family Assessment Paper
Conduct your own family assessment of a family you are familiar with. Request permission from the adults in the family to perform your assessment. You will be graded on the following criteria:
Depth of Assessment: Writing demonstrates an in-depth assessment. Viewpoints and interpretations are insightful and well-supported. Clear, detailed examples are given as applicable. The assessment did not exclude important information or include unnecessary information.
Structure: Writing is clear, concise, and organized and uses excellent sentence and paragraph construction. Thoughts are expressed in a coherent and logical manner.
Components: Writing response includes all components required of the assignment. The response shows strong evidence of synthesis of ideas and insight gained. Relationships among ideas are clear. Shows understanding of material.
Spelling and Grammar: The writing has no misspellings or grammatical errors. References were written in APA format and all necessary citations are present.
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Module 6 Assignment
The Shelter of Each Other Reflection
Write an in-depth reflection over Mary Pipher’s The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families. Include viewpoints of the author and individuals from stories in the text, as well as your own interpretation of her writing and the events that took place. Use detailed examples from the text. Finally, write about how what you learned from the text will influence the way you assess and aid families in the future.
You will be graded on the following criteria:
Depth of Reflection: Writing demonstrates an in-depth reflection. Viewpoints and interpretations are insightful and well-supported. Clear, detailed examples are given as applicable. Reflections are descriptive and a reiteration of what happened or was read or viewed.
Structure: Writing is clear, concise, and organized and uses excellent sentence and paragraph construction. Thoughts are expressed in a coherent and logical manner.
Components: Writing response includes all components required of the assignment. The response shows strong evidence of synthesis of ideas and insight gained. Relationships among ideas are clear.
Spelling and Grammar: The writing has no misspellings or grammatical errors. References were written in APA format and all necessary citations are present.
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Module 7 Assignment
Movies with a Medical Theme Reflection
Select and view a movie on the topic of mental illness. The following list provides examples, but you are not limited to this list.
50 First Dates
A Beautiful Mind
A Walk to Remember
Awakenings
Doc Holliday
Extraordinary Measures
Girl, Interrupted
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
John Q
Lorenzo’s Oil
Love Story
Medicine Man
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ordinary People
Out of Time
Patch Adams
Play Misty for Me
Psycho
Rain Man
Silver Linings Playbook
Steel Magnolias
The Doctor
The Hospital
The Soloist
Through a Glass Darkly
Side Effects
Something’s Gotta Give
Stepmom
Sybil
Warm Springs
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Write a reflective paper discussing the movie that you chose. Provide a summary and explain why you chose that particular video. Discuss the impact that mental illness can have on a family. Discuss the mental illness and the impact on a specific aspect of family dynamics. For example: employment, personal relationships, and career plans.
You will be graded on the following criteria:
Depth of Reflection: Writing demonstrates an in-depth reflection. Viewpoints and interpretations are insightful and well-supported. Clear, detailed examples are given as applicable. Reflections are descriptive and a reiteration of what happened or was read or viewed.
Structure: Writing is clear, concise, and organized and uses excellent sentence and paragraph construction. Thoughts are expressed in a coherent and logical manner.
Components: Writing response includes all components required of the assignment. The response shows strong evidence of synthesis of ideas and insight gained. Relationships among ideas are clear.
Spelling and Grammar: The writing has no misspellings or grammatical errors. References were written in APA format and all necessary citations are present.
Develop your paper according to the following guidelines:
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Module 8 Assignment
Final Presentation
This week, you will present your PowerPoint presentation to the class outlining a chronic illness or genetic disease. Your presentation should explore the disease and explain how it affects families. Although you will not “present” the presentation in the traditional sense, you will upload your document to this forum for your peers to view, and then facilitate discussion surrounding your chosen illness or disease.
Examples of chronic illnesses and diseases you might explore include, but are not limited to:
Alzheimer’s disease
Parkinson’s disease
Cancer
Cerebral palsy
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Asthma
Osteoporosis
Sickle cell anemia
Heart disease
Obesity
Arthritis
You will be graded on the following criteria:
Content: Content is accurate and factual information is used. The topic is covered thoroughly. Enough information is given to understand the main points.
Slide Creation: Presentation flows well and is organized logically. An adequate number of slides are used to cover the assigned material.
Use of Graphics: Graphics are creative and easy to see. The presentation does not include unnecessary graphics.
Text: Font formats (style, color, bold, italic) enhance the readability and content.
Organization: Ideas are organized in a logical way. The information is easy to understand, focused, and does not get off topic. The introduction includes a clear statement of the main points. The body of the presentation contains supportive details. A strong conclusion is present.
Spelling and Grammar: Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. References are written in APA format.
Short Summary: Provides a summary of the presentation- no longer than a paragraph.
Ask Questions: Asks 2-3 questions regarding the material presented.
Replies to Peers’ Postings: Respond and answer any questions posed and encourages discussion.
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