Part 1: Rowe (2018, chapter 3, page 54) states, “If there is one ‘mantra’ about family life in the last half century, it is that the family has undergone tremendous change. “
Family nursing comprises a philosophy and a way of interacting with clients that affects how nurses collect information, intervene with patients, advocate for patients, and approach spiritual care with families.
This philosophy and practice incorporates the following assumptions:
- Health affects all members of families
- Health and illness are family events
- Families influence the process and outcome of health care
- All health care practices, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and decisions are made within the context of larger family and societal systems
Why Study Families? Give a detailed description of why it is important to study families in healthcare.
Part 2:
While working on your course project, you will browse a number of videos by searching on the Internet. For example, you may use the term patient story safety, “medical error patient story,” “medical error in emergency department patient story.” You can judge the videos based on what you read in the assigned reading (“Module 1: Readings”, under “Modules”
– ), in combination with the impact of the video on you.
The discussion question is:
- What makes a patient story video motivating for healthcare professionals?
