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Concepts Of Family Nursing Theory –
nur464pn
(3 credits)
This course provides the foundation for developing and utilizing theory-based practice for managing the continuum of care required for families. Based on Orem's Self-Care Model and the nursing process, the student develops the skills to provide family-centered, outcome-oriented nursing care across the life span. Students are assisted in the integration of the multicultural diversity of families into the nursing plan of care. Five workshops provide the framework for the development of the professional roles of caregiver, teacher, and manager of care in the nursing, client, and health care systems.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Family as Caregiver
- Develop plan of care for a family using Orem's plan.
- Identify self-care deficits of families with a family member who has a chronic, acute, and/or terminal illness.
- Discuss a family's role as caregiver.
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Family Nursing Across the Life Span
- Describe patterns of health, disease, illness, and health promotion in families across the life span of the family.
- Assess the family according to Orem’s universal health care requisites, development self-care requisites, and health care deviations or deficits.
- Apply structural-functional, family systems, and developmental theories to the nursing care across the life span.
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Impact of Cultural Diversity
- Discuss the growth of cultural diversity in the health care systems.
- Examine aspects of a nursing cultural assessment.
- Discuss variations among cultural groups.
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Assessment of the Family
- Differentiate between effective and ineffective communication patterns in families.
- Describe the purpose of a mapping as an assessment tool when profiling a family.
- Develop a family profile using Orem's model to view family characteristics, family structure, and family function.
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Foundations of Family Health Nursing
- Explain the role of the family health nurse in promoting family health across the life span.
- Describe the impact of family nursing theory and research on family nursing practice.
- Analyze the impact of the changing family and social environment on family health practices.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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