Family Assessment Calgary Model

Family Assessment Calgary Model

Instruction of the assignment
Family Assessment: This clinical assignment focuses on the family system and all the subsystems that affect the family, how the family unit copes, and how the nurse can help the family maintain a state of equilibrium. In your text is an outline of the Calgary Model and how it helps in the interviewing and assessment of the family, using this model as a guideline choose a family you know to help you complete this assignment.
Be sure the family is well in that they are not dealing with a newly diagnosed chronic or acute illness. Families with long-standing chronic illnesses, such as controlled hypertension or diabetes, are acceptable. Do not choose a family with acute problems including acute psychiatric illnesses.
Complete a family assessment, this assessment must include content on all of the subsystems as well as a genogram with legend, a list of family diagnoses including strengths and problems (stressors) related to each diagnosis. Students will need to summarize their project by explaining how the family members and the family unit cope with any problems that may arise; are they able to maintain a state of equilibrium or are they having difficulty maintaining a functional system? What could be done to improve or help with coping of the identified problems? Could some of the coping mechanisms of one family help another family if similar problems exist?
Beyond the textbook, students should search for additional resources to help explain the subsystems of the families; for example, their response to illness may be based on cultural background or religious beliefs. Find resources to support this and explain fully.
This project should have a minimum of 10 resources in addition to the course textbook.
This project should be written in narrative format with appropriate headings to identify each required section. A Safe Assign folder will be available for its submission.
Family Assessment Paper
Content
Background about the family chosen (include how did you come to choose this family)
Comprehensive utilization of the Calgary family assessment model: structural, developmental and functional categories including all of their subcategories
Genogram with legend