This document discusses family health nursing. It defines family health nursing as providing health care to families within the scope of nursing practice. It discusses key concepts like the family as a unit and how individuals, families, and society intersect. The objectives of family health nursing are to identify family health needs, ensure understanding of problems, plan and provide services, help families develop abilities, and educate family members. Principles include establishing relationships with families and providing services without discrimination. Approaches include seeing the family as context, client, or a system. The nursing process involves assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

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MANISHA PRAHARAJ
SUM NURSING COLLEGE

2. Meaning
The family is a group of persons united by ties of marriage,
blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting
and communicating with each other in their respective social
roles.
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3. Meaning
Family health is a dynamic state of well-being which includes
the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and culture
factors of the family system.
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4. Family Health Care Nursing is defined as “the process of
providing for health care needs of families that are within the scope
of nursing practice .
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5. Conceptual Framework
FAMILY
NURSING
FAMILY
SOCIETY
INDIVIDUAL
Concepts of individual,
family & society
intersect with one
another.
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6. Settings
• Home, clinic, school and workplace
• Each setting serves its own purpose and has its
advantages, disadvantages and limitations
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7. OBJECTIVES
• To identify health and nursing needs and problems of each
family.
• To ensure family’s understanding and acceptance of those needs
and problems.
• To plan and provide health and nursing services with active
participation of family members.
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8. OBJECTIVES (contd…..)
• To help families develop abilities to deal with their health
needs and problems independently.
• To contribute to family’s performance of developmental
functions and tasks.
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9. OBJECTIVES (contd…..)
• To help family make intelligent use of facilities and
services in the community.
• To educate ,counsel and guide family members.
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10. Principles
1. Family health nursing is family focused.
2. Must establish good working relationship with the family.
3. Family health nursing is part of family health care services
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11. Principles ( contd…)
4. Family health nursing services should be realistic in terms of
resources available.
5. Family as a unit is responsible for their members’ health .
6. Family relates to community where it lives and depends on
community in various way.
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12. 7. Health education ,guidance and supervision are integral part
of family health nursing.
8. Continuous services are effective services.
9. Effective system of record and report of family health
nursing service is essential .
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Principles ( contd…)

13. 10. Periodic and continuous appraisal and evaluation of
family health situation and health services are basic to
family health situation
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Principles ( contd…)

14. 11. Family health nursing services should be rendered to all families
without any discrimination.
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Principles ( contd…)

15. APPROACHES TO FAMILY NURSING
• Family as the context
Individual as foreground
Family as background
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16. APPROACHES TO FAMILY NURSING (
contd…)
• Family as the client
Family as foreground
Individual as background
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17. APPROACHES TO FAMILY NURSING (
contd…)
• Family as System
Interactional Family
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18. APPROACHES TO FAMILY NURSING (
contd…)
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•Family as Component Of Society
Hospital
Church
Bank
Family /Home
Schools

19. Family Health Nursing Process
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ASSESSMENT
• FAMILY IDENTIFICATION - 1st level
Assessment
- Planning of Data Collection
- Data Collection Methods and Techniques
- Analysis of Data
- Family Profile and Diagnosis

20. Family Health Nursing Process (contd…)
PLANNING
• Family Health Nursing Care
• Plan Formulation
• Analysis of diagnosed health problems and
assessment of family's abilities- 2nd level
assessment
• Establishing priorities
• Setting goals and Objectives
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Family Health Nursing Process (contd…)
ACTION PHASE
 Plan Implementation
 Review and Revise
 Mobilisation of resources
facilitating work environment
 Implementing
 Documentation

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Family Health Nursing Process (contd…)
• EVALUATION

23. ADVANTAGES OF FAMILY HEALTH NURSING
• Family health nursing of patients saves hospital beds that can
be utilized for critical cases.
• It is cheaper than hospital nursing
• Patients can enjoy the privacy and emotional support.
• Patients can continue with their routine pursuits.
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24. DISADVANTAGES
• The health care provider has to carry portable labortary
machinery to the patient’s home.
• If the client resides in a substandard house, family health
nursing could delay his recovery.
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25. CONCLUSION
Working with families helps families live alongside illness and
increase their sense of wellness.
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26. THANK YOU
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