The nursing student is caring for a patient with diabetes on a medical-surgical unit
During a teaching session with the patient and family, she asks them questions regarding care at home, ability to perform blood glucose testing, and administering insulin. The student is providing family care using which perspective of family nursing?
a. Family as context for care
b. Family as unit of care
c. Family as a system
d. A blend of all of the above
A
The student is using family as the context for care. In this approach, the focus is on the ill individual and family is viewed as either a resource or stressor to the patient. Unit of care is more complex, as wellness of each member is critical to promoting family health. The family is viewed as the sum of all individual members and assessment and care are provided for all family members. Family as a system focuses on the family as a whole and as an interactional system. This approach sees the family as embedded in and interacting with a larger community.
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