Nursing 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Change, Health Promotion, Social Control
28 Dec 2015
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Family: a set of relationships/network of individuals who influence each other"s lives (potter and perry) General characteristics: future obligations and care-giving functions (ex. protection; nourishment; socialization) Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations of some of the following. Physical maintenance and care of group members. Addition of new members through procreation or adoption. Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services. The 2011 census for families: nuclear family is in decline, social change economic recession, aging population, lgbt, less marriage, change"s patients experience and pre-conceived stereotypes. Health and illnesses affect families as a unit: can be positive or negative. Nurses need to: understand the configuration, structure, and coping capacity of the family, build upon the family"s strengths and resources.
