What is a family assessment? Family assessment is to assess the health problems of individuals and families with unknown reasons, involving the functional status, family resources and family members of the whole family. Through the comprehensive analysis of family data, we can get solutions to adjust personal and family problems.
Contents of family assessment:
(1) Basic family information: family name, address and telephone number.
(2) Family environment: including the family's geographical location, surrounding environment, family conditions, neighborhood relations, community service status, etc.
(3) Basic information of each family member: including name, gender, age, family role, occupation, education level, marital status, major health problems, religious beliefs, etc.
(4) family economic status, etc.
The purpose of family assessment is:
1, increase the awareness of family active health activities;
2. Improve the family's understanding of its organizational structure and family operation;
3. To provide opportunities for cooperation between nurses and their families by understanding the health problems that their families care about;
4. Confirm the needs of the family and introduce the family to other occupations or departments;
5. Help families to enhance their sense of responsibility to promote their own health; Determine the health status of the family.
The collection of family nursing data begins with raising family health problems. Family health problems are first raised by families, doctors, school health nurses or individual or family case researchers involved in social problems, and it is suggested that families seek the help of family nurses. The questions they ask are usually not specific health problems or major problems of the family, but only the phenomenon of family health problems. These phenomena make others believe that there may be health problems in the family, and also help family nurses choose evaluation models and evaluation tools.