FAMILY HEALTH TASK

LESSON 4
FAMILY HEALTH TASK

To achieve wellness among family members and to reduce, eliminate and prevent health
problems, the family should have the ability to perform the ff. health tasks according to
Maglaya et al., 2003:
1. Recognize the presence of a wellness state and health condition problem
2. Make decisions about taking an appropriate health action to maintain wellness or
manage the health problem
3. Provide nursing care to the sick, disabled, dependent, or at risk member
4. Maintain a home environment conducive to health maintenance and personal
development
5. Utilize community resources for health care
• It is the nurse’s responsibility to assess if the family is
able to attend to these tasks or not. Failure to attend to
these family health tasks constitutes the family nursing
problems.
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FAMILY
LESSON 5
CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAMILY

Six important characteristics of healthy families that consistently emerge in the literature
(Becvar & Becvar, 2008; Freidman et al., 2003; Kaakinen et al., 2009)
are the following:
A. A facilitative process of interaction exists
-discuss problems
-confront each other
-Share ideas and concern
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B. Individual member development is enhanced.

-promote each members growth
C. Role relationships are structured effectively.
-Structure their role relationship to meet changing family needs overtime
(flexibility of role
D. Active attempts are made to cope with problems.
- Actively attempt to overcome life’s problems and issues
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E. There is a healthy home environment and lifestyle

-create safe and hygienic living conditions for their members
F. Regular links with the broader community are established.
- maintain dynamic ties the broader community
-participate regularly in external groups and activities