Typology of Nursing Problem in the Family Nursing Practice

Summary

This educational video script delves into the family nursing care plan, focusing on the assessment phase, which is the first step in the nursing process. It distinguishes between two levels of assessment: the first level identifies health conditions and potential threats, while the second level assesses the family's ability to perform health tasks. The script provides examples to clarify each type of nursing problem, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing issues in family care.

Takeaways

• 📝 The family nursing process consists of five steps: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Assessment in family nursing is crucial for identifying the nature of the problem at both the individual and family levels.
• 🔍 There are two levels of assessment: primary (first level) and secondary (second level), which determine the nature of the problem in family nursing practice.
• 🛑 The first level of assessment involves identifying health conditions, wellness, health deficits, health threats, and stress points within the family.
• 🌟 Wellness conditions are activities that maintain a family's optimum level of functioning, such as healthy lifestyle, good parenting, and spiritual well-being.
• 🚑 Health deficits refer to instances of failure in health maintenance, such as illness states, developmental failures, or disabilities.
• ⚠️ Health threats are conditions that make individuals or families vulnerable to disease, accidents, or failure to realize health potential, like smoking or family size exceeding resources.
• 🤔 Stress points, or foreseeable crises, are periods of unusual demands that require adjustment or use of family resources, such as marriage, pregnancy, or hospitalization.
• 📉 Prioritization of problems in family nursing is based on the nature of the problem, modifiability, preventive potential, and salience, with wellness conditions and health deficits scoring higher.
• 🔑 The second level of assessment identifies the family's inability to perform health tasks, such as recognizing health conditions, making health decisions, providing nursing care, maintaining a healthy home environment, and utilizing community resources.
• 📚 The script emphasizes the importance of understanding and differentiating between types of nursing problems to effectively prioritize and address family health issues.

Q & A

What are the five steps of the nursing process discussed in the script?

The five steps of the nursing process are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

What is the purpose of the assessment in the family nursing care plan?

The purpose of the assessment in the family nursing care plan is to identify the nature of the problem for the first two levels of clientele, which are the individual and family.

What are the two major typologies of nursing problems in family nursing practice mentioned in the script?

The two major typologies of nursing problems in family nursing practice are the first level of assessment and the secondary level of assessment.

What is the first level of assessment in family nursing practice?

The first level of assessment involves identifying or determining the existence of existing and potential health conditions that can affect the optimum level of functioning of a family.

Can you explain what is meant by 'wellness condition' in the context of family nursing?

A 'wellness condition' refers to any clinical nursing judgment about the client's transition from a specific level of wellness or capability to a higher one, which includes good activities or practices that maintain a healthy living and optimum level of functioning.

What are some examples of wellness conditions mentioned in the script?

Examples of wellness conditions include a healthy lifestyle, health maintenance and management, parenting and breastfeeding activities, and spiritual well-being.

What is a 'health deficit' and how is it different from a 'wellness condition'?

A 'health deficit' refers to instances of failure in health maintenance, such as illness states, developmental failure, visible muscle wasting, malnutrition, or disabilities, which is different from a 'wellness condition' that represents good health practices and optimal functioning.

What is the difference between a 'health threat' and a 'health deficit'?

A 'health threat' is a condition that predisposes an individual to disease, accident, or failure to realize one's health potential, whereas a 'health deficit' is an actual instance of failure in maintaining health, such as existing illnesses or disabilities.

What are 'stress points' in the context of family nursing assessment?

'Stress points' are anticipated periods of unusual demands on the individual or family in terms of adjustment or family resources, also known as foreseeable crises.

How are the examples of health problems like blindness, regular exercise, hospitalization, and family disunity categorized in the script?

Blindness is categorized as a health deficit, regular exercise as a wellness condition, hospitalization as a foreseeable crisis or stress point, and family disunity as a health threat.

What are the five issues identified in the secondary level of assessment for family nursing?

The five issues are the inability to recognize the presence of a condition or problem, inability to make decisions regarding appropriate health action, inability to provide adequate nursing care to the sick or disabled, inability to provide a home environment conducive to health maintenance and personal development, and failure to utilize community resources or health care.