Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care
Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. the questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following:
1. Values/ Health Perception
2. Nutrition
3. Sleep/Rest
4. Elimination
5. Activity/Exercise
6. Cognitive
7. Sensory- Perception
8. Self-Perception
9. Role Relationship
10. Sexuality
11. Coping
1. Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
2.Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
3. Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barrier to health were identified.
4. Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to overall family functions over time.
*Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed or scholarly sources within the last 5 yrs.
