Health Risks and Family Nursing: Community - Fundamentals of Nursing | @LevelUpRN

Summary

In this video, Ellis from Level Up RN discusses health risks across the lifespan and family nursing. Key topics include health risks for infants, children, adolescents, and adults under 65, emphasizing the importance of family education to mitigate these risks. The video also introduces family systems theory, explaining how changes in one family member affect the whole unit, and discusses tools like genograms and ecomaps for assessing family health and relationships.

Takeaways

• 👶 Health risks for infants include congenital defects, being preterm, low birth weight, SIDS, and accidental injuries like suffocation.
• 👪 Priority family teaching for infants focuses on prenatal care, breastfeeding benefits, and sleep safety, including putting babies on their backs to sleep.
• 👧 Health risks for children involve accidental injuries related to sports, choking, drowning, and childhood obesity.
• 🚗 Family teaching for children emphasizes car seat safety, protective gear for sports, healthy eating, exercise, and keeping up with immunizations.
• 🧑‍🎓 Adolescent health risks encompass mental health disorders, substance use, smoking, motor vehicle accidents, and STIs.
• 🛑 Family teaching for adolescents includes safe sex practices, motor vehicle safety, avoiding risky behaviors like texting while driving, and monitoring for substance abuse and mental health.
• 🧑‍💼 Adults up to 65 face increased chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental illnesses, obesity, and various types of cancer.
• 👩‍⚕️ Patient teaching for adults includes preventative care, annual wellness exams, self-examinations, and screenings like mammograms or prostate cancer screenings.
• 🏋️‍♀️ Healthy lifestyle choices are recommended for adults, such as weight-bearing exercises for those at higher risk of osteoporosis.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The family systems theory views the family as an interdependent unit where changes or stressors affecting one member impact the entire family.
• 📊 Assessment tools like genograms and ecomaps help visualize family health history and relationships, respectively, to identify potential risks and support needs.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the video script provided?

The main focus of the video script is to discuss health risks across the lifespan and family nursing, specifically targeting community health nursing.

What are the two cards discussed in the script?

The two cards discussed are 'health risks across the lifespan' and 'family nursing', which are part of the community health section of the fundamentals flashcard deck.

Why is family teaching emphasized in community health nursing?

Family teaching is emphasized because a primary role of the nurse is to be an educator, and providing family teaching can decrease the incidence of health risks faced by children and pediatric patients.

What are the health risks specific to infants mentioned in the script?

Health risks specific to infants include congenital defects, being preterm or having a low birth weight, experiencing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental injuries, and suffocation.

What is the priority family teaching for infants?

Priority family teaching for infants includes prenatal care, the benefits of breastfeeding, and a focus on sleep safety, such as putting the baby on its back for all sleep.

What are the health risks specific to children?

Health risks specific to children include accidental injuries related to sports or activities, choking, drowning, and childhood obesity.

What are the key family teaching tips related to health risks faced by children?

Key family teaching tips include car seat safety, protective equipment for sports, healthy eating, physical activity or exercise, and staying up-to-date on immunizations.

What are the health risks specific to adolescents?

Adolescent health risks include mental health disorders, substance use, smoking, motor vehicle accidents, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

What is the family systems theory as defined in the script?

The family systems theory posits that a family is an interdependent unit where what happens to one person, whether it's a change or a stressor, is going to have an impact on the rest of the family unit.

What tools are mentioned in the script for assessing families?

The tools mentioned for assessing families are the genogram, which is a graphic representation of a family tree, and the ecomap, which highlights the relationships between individual family members and outside systems.

Why are transitions a period of increased risk in family nursing?

Transitions are a period of increased risk because they can be normal life events or unexpected events that can cause stress or change within the family unit, potentially affecting the health and well-being of family members.

What is the next topic to be covered in the video series?

The next topic to be covered in the video series is community health plans and community assessment.