NUR1 221 Lecture Notes - Internal Control, Psychoeducation, Crisis Management
Document Summary
Mastering family challenges in serious illness and disability. Family systems health model normative, preventive model for psychoeducation, assessment and intervention with families facing chronic and life-threatening disorders. Gradual: course different types of strain put on the family. Progressive continual role change, adaptation to continued loss. Constant semi permanent change that s stable and predictable over time. Establishing and maintaining workable relationships w/ health care system. Develop flexibility: chronic constancy, progression or episodic change, terminal inevitability of death, transition periods. Clinical implication key family system variables- features provide markers that focus assessment and intervention. Ex: acute onset demand high levels of adaptability, problem solving, role reallocation and balanced cohesion. Illness timeline helps families address normative phase-related tasks. The model clarifies treatment planning-goal setting relevant to the type or phase of an illness, provides better sense of control and realistic hope to family.
