Nursing diagnosis- generally relate to the family’s
ability to handle stress and to provide positive
environment.
1. Impaired parenting related to unplanned
pregnancy.
2. Ineffective family coping related to inability to
adjust to mother illness during pregnancy.
 There should an appropriate and desired by the
majority of family members.
 A plan for in forming a family health should
smoothly agree to support one another.
 Evaluation should reseal that goal was achieved
and family puts more cohesive after working
together
Ex: father- status that he has arranged the finance to
accommodate new health care expenses for the family.
Family – a group of people related by blood, marriage or
adoption living together.
- Is a two or more who live in the same household;
share a common emotional bond and perform
certain interrelated social tasks.
Types of family
1. Family of orientation
2. Family of procreation
DYAD family- consist of two people living together usually
a man and a woman, infant and children.
- Temporary arguments.
Nuclear family- traditional structure, composed of
husband, wife and children.
Cohabitation family- composed of heterosexual couple
who lives together like nuclear family but remain
unmarried.
Extended family- it includes nuclear family but also other
family members such as grand mothers, aunts, uncles,
cousins and grand children.
Advantage- contains more people to serve as resources
during family crisis
Disadvantage- financial and psychological are stretched to
accommodate all members.
Single parent family- is a result of both divorce and
common practice of woman raising children outside of
marriage
Problems encountered: - low income, develop low self
esteem, difficulty with role modeling
Communal family- group of people who have chosen to
live together as an extended fam.
- Their relationships to each other is motivated by
social or religious values rather than kimships.
- Tha value of communal members are more
oriented towards freedom and free choice.
- They are describe as cults- group of people who
follow charismatic leader
The gay/lesbian family = heterosexual unions
- Individuals of same sex live together as partner for
companionship, financial security and sexual
fullfillment
- Children from heterosexual marriages are
included.
Foster family – children whose parents can no longer care
for them are placed in a foster or substitute home by a
child.
Foster home – placement in temporary theoretically until
children can be returned to their own parents.
- Children experience insecurity
- Emotional difficulties related to reason they were
removed from their original home
- Have also the responsibility for health care for the
child.
Adoptive family
1. Agency adoption
2. Private adoption
Family function and roles
Family assignment – identify the roles of family members
Ex: 1. Identify an individual who serve as the wage earner
or who supply the bulk of income for the family.
2. identify the financial manager 4. Reinforcing familiarize presenting behaviour

3. problem solver Tips to improve family communication

4. decision maker 1. Set up bulletin board that family members check.

5. health manager

6. gatekeeper – person who allows info. Into and out of the

family.

Family tasks

1. Physical maintenance- provide food, shelter,

clothing and health care.
2. Socialization of family members
- Preparing the children to live in the community
and to interact with people outside the family.
3. Allocation of resources
- Determine which members of the family needs will
be meet of great priority.
- There is justification in the consistency and fairness
is the distribution of resources financial worth ,
material, goods, affection and space.
4. Maintenance of order
- Opening an effective means of communication
among family members, establishing family values
and enforcing common regulative for all family
members.

Nursing outcomes classification

1. Socialization of new family members

2. Adaptation to developmental transition and
unexpected crisis
3. Creation of an environment for free expression by
members
4. Expression of loyalty to family.
5. Involvement in problem solving and conflict
resolutions
6. Acceptance of diversity among members
7. Support and assistance for mother and father.

Nursing intervention classification

1. Creating an atmosphere to formulate trust and

promote acceptance
2. Monitor the family current situation
3. Identify each member and the family coping
mechanism