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Family Assessment, 2007.
A case study of how the family assessment model helps a family function and cope with stress.
1,104 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper examines how the family assessment model is used to help a specific family cope during a crisis. It explains that a family assessment model is effective because later nursing interventions correspond to and are based in a comprehensive family assessment. The paper looks at how in the family assessment model, the patient's needs are addressed by nursing interventions that follow directly from the assessment. The paper also notes that as this model reveals, while families experience problems and stressors, they also have coping mechanisms.
Outline:
Introduction
Developmental Stage
Family Function and Structure
Family Stress, Coping and Adaptation
Family Health Care Function
Identification of Priority Family Health Education Needs
Conclusion
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"Communication patterns for the family are open and effective. This family forms a cohesive group and has developed strong links beyond the immediate nuclear family, and demonstrates deep respect towards the elderly. Sylvia and Daniel are physically affectionate and warm towards their parents. Both children also exhibit respect and obedience toward the parents. The family furthermore is able to communicate effectively with the physicians and nurses who are involved in their care."
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Family Assessment of Jenkins and Sandoval, 2006.
An analysis of a family using the Friedman Family Assessment Model.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper uses the Friedman Family Assessment Model (short form) as the basis for an analysis of a family consisting of a mixed-race and mixed religion cohabiting couple and their three-year-old child. The paper concludes that although the family is largely functional, it also has some conflicts that need to be reviewed and addressed, particularly in terms of communication between the adults.
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"The Friedman Family Assessment Model is consistent with the concept of family health care nursing treatment of an entire family for dysfunction within the unit. It examines the family from an environmental and cultural focus as well as from its internal structure. This model provides the opportunity for the health care provider to examine many areas of concern related to the family's dysfunction, while identifying foundations of strength upon which to build the treatment process. The Friedman Family Assessment Model The Friedman Family Assessment Model focuses on the structure and the functions of the family as well as the manner in which the family interacts with its community and the greater society (Mandleco, 2004, p. 22). Although the model itself is comprehensive and demands a great amount of detail, not all factors listed within it apply to all families."
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Family Assessment, 2005.
An assessment of the importance of family in molding a child's life.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the importance of the family unit and the influence that family has on a child's life. The paper discusses the writer's family unit. It examines the boundaries, rules, rituals and traditions that apply to the writer's own family through his/her nuclear family and extended family relationships.
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"Family Assessment Project A child's family is perhaps the single most important influence on his or her life. Children model their future relationships on those they see in childhood. They frequently carry the boundaries, rules, rituals, and traditions that they grew up with into the families that they head in maturity. The things that children carry into maturity can be both positive and negative, continuing on the heritage of a functional or dysfunctional family. This paper will examine the boundaries, rules, rituals, and traditions that apply to my own family through nuclear family and extended family relationships. My family of origin consisted of my mother, my father, one brother and three sisters. We had a close-knit family structure. It was essentially a closed family type, with rigid rules and predictable behavior. We did share affection with each other, but none of us were demonstrative in our affection."
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Family Assessment, 2002.
This paper describes a hypothetical family that is in therapy with a social worker.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper is a clinical report that the social worker might write about the case. The author relates that the family in question has underlying issues of sexism and parent-child control dynamics that stem both from familial or "inherited" patterns and socially developed dysfunctions inherent in the middle-class suburban environment. The paper uses Adlerian and feminist psychologies to help deconstruct this family's problem and recommend options for change.
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"A Guide to the Assessment of Child and Family", 2005.
A summary of "A Guide to the Assessment of Child and Family".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how the authors of the article "A Guide to the Assessment of Child and Family" assert that a thorough assessment of both the family and the child is necessary to form an effective base upon which to rest their future therapy. This paper summarizes the article and examines the use of this perspective in everyday child and youth care work.
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Family and Health Values, 2008.
A study of family values, attitudes, and behaviors towards meeting the health needs of its members.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper takes a look at the health values, attitudes, and behaviors of the family system. It discusses the role the family plays in teaching healthy behaviors and in caring for its sick members. It examines how the family functions in relation to the external environment to meet its health needs. New approaches to health care involving increased family participation are also discussed such as family-centered care, Orem's self-care theory, Newman's theory of health, and the Calgary family assessment model. The paper concludes that the most useful is the Calgary family assessment model because it incorporates all of the other models in some way.
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"The concept of family most commonly used in my area of nursing practice is one where both the patient and family is considered to be the unit of care. It is the patient who is the actual focus and is predominant while the family is given secondary focus. This concept of family conforms to the first way nursing is conceptualized as a context to the patient (Friedman, Bowden & Jones, 2003). The family is more perceived as a consultant in our practice, and there is minimal involvement of the family in the patient's plan of care. The family mainly is viewed as the patient's primary social support resource."
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Health Assessment, 2002.
A ficticious assessment of a family in need of nursing care.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines a hypothetical nursing case and suggests a course of treatment for a family in crisis -- affected by substance abuse, poverty and malnutrition.
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Latino Family Risk and Protection, 2008.
A case assessment of family risk and protection among the Latino immigrant population in the United States, which aims to help social workers in the treatment of this population.
3,690 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 102.95
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This paper examines cultural, social, psychological and biological issues regarding the Latino immigrant population in the United States by focusing on one particular case study. The paper emphasizes the importance of this study for social workers who work with the Latino population and stresses the moral responsibility of the social worker to act correctly through constant self-evaluation, in order to avoid prejudice in the treatment of diverse clients such as the Latino population. The paper concludes that confronting these issues before beginning treatment may allow the social worker to prepare engagement strategies for building better rapport with Latino clients.
Outline:
Family Risk/Protection/Resilience Framework
Biological, Medical, and Cognitive Factors of Development
Adult Psychosocial Development
Intervention
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"Although faced with adversity and socio-environmental hardship, resiliency is distinguished among many Latino immigrant children (Gonzalez-Ramos & Nester-Sanchez, 2001). It appears as though Esmerelda has been able to maintain a high level of psychosocial functioning and academic success while balancing the demands of two worlds: mi tierra and my country (Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Ramos, 2005; Gonzalez-Ramos & Nester-Sanchez, 2001). As a Latino immigrant, Esmerelda has faced multiple challenges posed by biculturism, but, as a lesbian woman of color, her experience may actually be described as triculturism. Triculturism will be defined as oppression due to three factors: heterosexism and negative stigma imposed by societal prejudice to sexual orientation; racial discrimination against people of color; and limited acceptance of sexual orientation within the racial community of origin. (Harper, Jernewall, & Zea, 2004)."
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Bowen Family Systems Theory, 2008.
This paper provides an assessment of the applicability of the Bowen family systems theory (BFST) through a case study methodology.
1,365 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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The paper explains that the Bowen family systems theory (BFST) regards the family unit as a single entity; if there are malfunctions with the family, BFST identifies that there are problems inherent within some aspect of the family. The paper identifies four components of BFST and addresses a case study in which these components are applied and used to asses the status of an affected individual from a troubled family background.
Outline:
Introduction
Four Components of BFST
Analysis of the Case Study
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"Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) regards the family unit as a single entity; much like the components of the body form the whole of the person, in BFST the individual family members form the whole of the family (Searight, 1997; Titelman, 1998). If there are problems or malfunctions with the family, BFST identifies that there are problems inherent within some aspect of the family (Searight, 1997; McGoldrick, Serson, & Shellenberger, 1999). This could be indicative of problems held by one family member that is beyond the scope of immediate family life (e.g.: conflict for a parent in the work environment) or could suggest issues that are localized within the immediate family setting itself."
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Student Perceptions of Assessment, 2007.
This paper discusses the feelings and attitudes of high school students as related to assessments.
19,980 words (approx. 79.9 pages), 100 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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In this article, the writer notes that a review of existing literature indicates that students' perceptions about assessment have many influences on students' approaches to learning. In addition, the writer points out that there are many elements that influence how students perceive assessment. This study reveals that students hold strong views about various formats and methods of assessment. For example, the writer shows that within traditional assessment, multiple-choice exams are seen by many students as favorable assessment methods in comparison to essay questions. However, when conventional assessment and alternative assessment methods are compared, students perceive alternative assessment methods as more 'fair' than the traditional assessment methods. This paper discusses how students view assessment and presents a series of recommendations for improving traditional assessment.
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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Rationale of the Study
Scope of the Study
Definition of Terms
Overview of the Study
Literature Review
Overview
What is Assessment?
What Students Value in Assessment
Important Trends in Assessment
Challenging Traditional Assessment
Changing the Role of Assessment
Assessment Tools
Student Perceptions of Rubrics
Case Studies
Purposes of Assessment
Choosing Assessment
Methodology
Research Approach
Research Design
Data Gathering
Focus Group Questions
Primary Questions
Extended Questions
Validity of Data
Limitations of Study
Summary
Results
Research Questions
Students Recommendations
Summary of Findings
Conclusions and Recommendations
Overview
Summary of Findings
Recommendations
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Unfortunately, few studies have been conducted on the perceptions of the assessments that are given to students, with the exception of those done from the perspective of the teachers. It is important to look at this issue from the point of view of the students since they are the ones who are assessed and judged. It is also important that students have a clear understanding of why they feel the way they do and why they are judged in a particular way. By learning more about the students' perceptions of assessment, teachers can learn more about student perceptions of other aspects of their educational experience. This type of study is especially beneficial because it helps educators examine assessment in a new light."
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Family Focused Framework, 2005.
A discussion on the importance of a family focused framework for assessment.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the comprehensive family, with the focus on the need for full family involvement when treating any one individual family member. The paper continues with a comprehensive nursing diagnosis based on Healthy People 2010 components dealing with obesity and potential interventions associated with the family.
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"In 1988 the Surgeon General of the United States declared "overweight and obesity to be one of the most prevalent diet-related problems in the US" (Koop as cited by Obesity Education, (n.d.)). By the year 2001, obesity was declared an epidemic affecting 64 percent of the adult population and 15 percent of the children in the US (Obesity Education, (n.d.)). Obesity is also one of the top leading health indicators of Healthy People 2010. Complications from obesity range from simple hormone imbalances to lift threatening cardiovascular disease and include increased risk for hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, impaired lung function, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis and high cholesterol (Obesity Education, (n.d.)). This paper will focus on issues relating to obesity and the family focused assessment, including nursing diagnoses and intervention opportunities."
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The McMaster Model of Family Functioning, 2005.
An assessment of the accuracy and reliability of the McMaster model of family functioning.
1,601 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper evaluates the McMaster model in terms of its ability to accurately describe family functioning and its ability to distinguish functional and dysfunctional families. It also presents the McMaster model as the most comprehensive model of family health.
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"The McMaster model has so far provided us with a comprehensive way of assessing family functioning, but it does have it's own limitations. It has been argued that the McMaster model doesn't adequately reflect family developmental stages. Epstein, Bishop, Ryan, Miller, and Keitner (1993) found that families at different development stages also differ in terms of their difficulties. Families that had adolescents were found to have more problem solving difficulties, and were also found to have more areas of difficulty in the McMaster dimensions. In light of this the McMaster model may be seen as ineffective in assessing changing patterns of difficulties within families. Although, the emphasis the McMaster model puts on observable behaviour also means that family assessments are more likely to be reliable and accurate portrait of family functioning, as the clinician does not have to make inferences about family behaviour."
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The Effects of Chronic Illness on a Family, 2008.
A case study presentation discussing the issues facing a family in which one member suffers from a chronic illness.
2,131 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This paper presents an interview and family assessment that was conducted with a family where one of the family members is suffering from a chronic illness, rheumatoid arthritis. The interview aimed to obtain and provide knowledge so that the patient and family could be empowered to make choices and to take control of their illness. The paper presents the interview and discusses how the perceptions and impact of the chronic illness affect the family as a whole. The paper provides the writer's commentary on the issues raised from the perspective of a nurse.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Anino
Analysis of Perceptions and Impact of Chronic Illness
Appendix
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"John and Maria used all the resources and supports they could. John helped when Maria was ill, and they received help and support from their relatives. Jacobi & van den Berg (2003) found that partners of patients with rheumatoid arthritis felt high self-esteem for care. A family will experience burdens because of a disrupted schedule and by a lack of family support. According to Bar-Tal (1994), social support can be a complex concept. Instead of assuming that social support can help to resolve uncertainty, the ability to deal with uncertainty may be caused by the perception that there is social support. Social support may help to resolve uncertainty but social support is more effective for families that can cope with uncertainty (Bar-Tal, 1994)."
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Family Diversity, 2004.
A sociological investigation into the concept of family diversity.
1,708 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses how the term ?family diversity? is used in sociology to explain the different types of situations in which a family can exist. It examines how for many years the nuclear family has been thought to be the most normal and best situation in which to live, not only by functionalists and New Right thinkers, but also by ordinary people in society. It looks at how research shows that the nuclear family is actually in the minority when looking at different family types and assesses the significance of the ideological claim that the nuclear family is ?normal, natural and best? using different sociological theories which either challenge (feminism) or support this claim (functionalism).
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"The ideology of the family itself is very nuclear, suggesting that marriage, and a clear division of labour within the marriage is vital for the family to survive happily. Functionalists see the family as an important, primary agent of socialisation with its main function to socialise new generations into the culture of their society, teaching them vital norms and values, which works both positively for the individual and for society overall. Talcott Parsons (1955), one of the leading supporters of the functionalist view claimed that the nuclear family originated after the effects of industrialisation had required a more mobile workforce and only a nuclear family unit could allow this."
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