Family Nursing Process

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Family Health Nursing Process

It is a systemic approach to help family to


develop and strengthen its capabilities to
meet its health needs and solve health
problems.
There are five distinct phases of family health
nursing process:
1) Assessment phase
2) Diagnosing phase
3) Planning phase
4) Implementation phase
5) Evaluation phase
Assessment
(1st phase)
It is the systemic and continuous collection,
organization, validation and documentation of
data.
Assessment phase
(Steps)
1. Data collection
General information
Family structure and characteristics
Family life and culture
Socioeconomic aspects
Health and medical history
Environmental factors
2. Data collection methods and techniques
Observation
Questioning
Conversation/discussion
Listening
Review of family health record
Examination
investigations
Cont
3. Organization of data
4. Validation of data
5. Documentation of data
Diagnosing
(2nd phase)
It is the second phase of nursing process, in
which nurse interprets assessment data,
identifies client strengths and health problems
and formulates diagnostic statements.
Diagnosing phase
(Steps)
1. Analysis of data
To classify the problem as actual or potential.
2. Identifying the clients strengths
3. Making diagnosis
Family health diagnosis is the written
statement of family health problems/health
needs which are assessed form analysis of
data collected.
Examples
Inability to make decision to take any action
related to misconception about family
planning.
Inability to recognize the exact nature of
problem related to lack of knowledge about
the nature and extent of problem.
Planning
(3rd phase)
Planning is a deliberative systematic phase of
the nursing process that involves decision
making and problem solving.
Planning phase
(Steps)
1. Analysis of diagnosed health problem
2. Establishing priorities
3. Setting goals and objectives
4. Formulating family health nursing care plan
Implementation
(4th phase)
Implementation is the phase in which the
nurse puts nursing care plan into action.
It involves doing, delegating and recording.
Implementation phase
(steps)
Review and revise
Mobilization of resources
Implementation
Documentation.
Evaluation
(5th phase)
Evaluation is the fifth and last phase of the
nursing process, in which nurse determines
the clients progress toward goals
achievement and effectiveness of the nursing
care plan.
Evaluation phase
It includes the comparison of nursing actions
and outcomes with the standards and criteria.
The reason of this step is to recognize that
either the expected goals are achieved or not.

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