FORMULATING FAMILY NURSING
CARE PLAN
FAMILY NURSING CARE PLAN
 Is the blueprint of the care that
the nurse designs
Importance of Family Planning
 Individualizes patient care.
 Sets priorities by providing
information about the client;
the nature of problems.
 Promotes systematic
communication involved in
care.
 Continuity of care is facilitated,
prevents gaps and duplication
of care.
 Coordinates care to other
health team members.
Features of FNCP
 Formulating a family care plan
involves the following steps
 The prioritized condition/s or
problems
 The goals and objectives of
nursing care the plan of
interventions
 The plan of evaluating care
Factors Affecting Priority Setting
 Greater weight on Health
Deficit= needs more immediate
attention needs more
immediate attention and felt by
the family over a health and felt
by the family over a health
threat
 Foreseeable crisis = lowest
score due to culture-linked
variables/ factors that provide
the family with adequate
support to cope.
Factors Determining Modifiability of
the Problem
 Current knowledge, tech. and
interventions to manage the
problem
 Resources of the family –
physical, financial, manpower
 Resources of the N – S, K, time
 Resources of the community –
facilities and community org/
support
Factors Affecting the Scoring of
Preventive Potential
 Gravity / severity of the
problem
 = disease progression, extent,
damage on the pt/family
 = the more severe or
advanced, the lower is
preventive potential
 Duration of the problem
 Length of time the problem has
been existing
 Current management
 Appropriateness of
intervention instituted
 Exposure to any high risk
group
Formulation of Goals and Objectives
of Nursing Care
Goals
 General statement of the
condition or state to be
brought about by specific
courses of action
Client outcomes
 Goals tell where the family is
going
 More specific statements of
desired results or outcomes of
care
 Specify the criteria by which
the degree of effectiveness of
care are to be measured
  Must be specific in order to
facilitate its attainment
 Milestones to reach the
destination
Barriers to Goal Setting
 Failure of the family to
perceive the existence of the
problem
 Family is too busy with other
concerns or preoccupations at
the moment
 Family does not see the
existence of a problem as
serious enough to necessitate
attention
 Family may perceive the
problem and the need to take
action, but they face to do
something about the situation.
 Failure between the nurse and
the family to establish a
working relationship
Time Span of Objectives
 Short Term / Immediate
Objectives
 Medium – Term /  Curative
Intermediate Objectives
 Long – Term or Ultimate
Objectives
Selection of Appropriate Nursing
Interventions
 Nurse must choose among set
of alternatives
 Nurse must specify the most
effective or efficient method of
Nurse-Family contact
o Home visit
o Clinic conference
o Visit in the work, place,
school
o Telephone call
o Group approach
o Mail
 Nurse must specify the most
effective or efficient resources
 Teaching kits – visual aids,
hand outs, charts
 Human – other team members,
community leaders
How to choose the appropriate
nursing intervention
 Analyze w/ the Family the
Current Situation and
Determine Choices and
Possibilities based on a Lived
Experience of Meanings and
Concerns
 Develop / Enhance Family’s
Competencies as Thinker, Doer
and Feeler
 Focus on Interventions to Help
Perform the Health Tasks
 Catalyze Behavior Change
through Motivation and
Support
Categories of Interventions
 Promotive
 Preventive
 Rehabilitative
Promotive Interventions
 Is about influencing behavior
and using preventive
healthcare instilling practices
to keep patients and their
communities healthy.
Preventive Interventions
 Includes maintaining and
controlling weight with
exercise and healthy eating
habits to prevent diseases such
as obesity, cardiovascular
disease and osteoarthritis.
Curative Interventions
 Help to alleviate symptoms,
decrease pain, and incorporate
holistic care (care that
 accommodates a person's
physical, psychological,
spiritual, and social needs).
Rehabilitative Interventions
 Aims to assist those who
experience a loss in function as
a result of disease or injury
and need to relearn how to
perform daily activities to
regain maximal function.
Legal Basis
 R.A. No. 8423
 Phil. Institute of Traditional
and Alternative Health Care
(PITAHC)
Sambong (Blumea balsamifera)
 Uses: Anti-edema, Diuretic,
Antiurolithiasis
 Boil chopped leaves in a glass
of water for 15 minutes until
one glassful remains.
 Divide decoction into 3 parts,
drink one part 3 times a day.
AMPALAYA
 Uses & Preparation: Diabetes
Mellitus (Mild non-insulin
dependent) -
 Chopped leaves then boil in a
glass of water for 15 minutes.
 Do not cover. Cool and strain.
Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day
after meals
Niyug-Niyogan
(Quisqualis indica L.)
 Uses & Preparation: Anti-
helmintic – The seeds are taken
2 hours after supper. If no
worms are expelled, the dose
may be repeated after one
week.
 (Caution: Not to be given to
children below 4 years old)
Tsaang Gubat ( Carmona retusa)
 Uses & Preparation: Diarrhea –
Boil chopped leaves into 2
glasses of water for 15
minutes. Divide decoction into
4 parts. Drink 1 part every 3
hours
 Stomachache – Boil chopped
leaves in 1 glass of water for 15
minutes. Cool and strain.
Akapulko (Cassia, alata L.)
 For: Scabies, Anti-fungal and
athlete’s foot, tinea flava,
ringworm
 Fresh, matured leaves are
pounded. Apply soap to the
affected area 1-2 times a day
Plant Name: Lagundi
( Vitex negundo)
 for: cough, asthma, fever
 Decoction
 (Boil raw fruits or leaves in 2
glasses of water for 15
minutes)
Ulasimang Bato (Peperonica
pellucida)
 Uses: lowers uric acid, Gout &
Rheumatism
 One a half cup leaves are
boiled in two glass of water
over low fire. Do not cover pot.
 Divide into 3 parts and drink
one part 3 times a day
Bawang/ Garlic
 Uses & Preparation:
Hypertension – Maybe fried,
roasted, soaked in vinegar for
30 minutes, or blanched in
boiled water for 15 minutes.
Take 2 pieces 3 times a day
after meals.
 Toothache - Pound a small
piece and apply to affected area
Bayabas/Guava
(Psidium guajava L.)
 Uses & Preparation:
 For washing wounds - Maybe
use twice a day
 Diarrhea - May be taken 3-4
times a day
 As gargle and for toothache –
Warm decoction is used for
gargle. Freshly pounded leaves
are used for toothache. Boil
chopped leaves for 15 minutes
at low fire. Do not cover and
then let it cool and strain
Yerba (Hierba) Buena
(Mentha cordifelia)
 for: muscle pain, arthritis,
rheumatism, cough, headache
 Crush the fresh leaves and
squeeze sap. Massage sap on
painful parts with eucalyptus