1 What do you think is the significance of the family as cli

1) What do you think is the significance of the family as client in the current health care environment, and how can this apply to your workplace? Provide a minimum of 1 reference for your answer.

Solution

Answer: The philosophy of family health nursing revolves around the fact that health and illness are family events and families influence the outcome of the treatment of disease. In family health nursing, the whole family as a unit is the client.

Advantages:

-Privacy of the Patient under family health nursing is preserved and he/she gets constant emotional support

-Family routine is not disturbed.

-It is cheaper than the hospital nursing

-It spares bed for needy patients

Disadvantages:

-Sanitation maintenance depends upon the living standards of the family

-Need mobile laboratory machinery

How can this apply to your workplace?

To advocate family-centered nursing:

-regular discussions with the family members, avoiding the use of complex medical terminology, are needed.

- it must be acknowledged

-proper communication with the family

-integrate family in planning

-educate the family about the sanitary, medication and other need of the patient care.

Reference:

Kuo et al., 2012. Maternal Child Health Journal 16(2): 297-305;