INITIAL DATA BASE FOR FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE

A. Family Structure, Characteristics, and Dynamics

Member of the Relationship age sex Civil Position in the family
household to the head of status
the family
Cuñada, Father/ 58 Male Married Father/husband
Emmanuel B. husband
Cuñada, wife 56 Female Married Mother/wife
Sandra P.
Cuñada, Fiel Son 33 Male Single Eldest child/son/brother
Arthur P.
Cosca, Lyxen daughter 28 Female Married 2nd Child
Aubrey P.
Cuñada, Maika daughter 21 Female Single 3rd Child
P.
Cuñada, Bea P. daughter 20 Female Single Youngest daughter

Member of the Place of Type of Dominant family General family

household residence of family members in terms of relationship or
each member of structure decision making dynamics
the family
Cuñada, Fiel Living Patriarchal/ Short temper/
Arthur P. independently nuclear easily irritated
Cosca, Lyxen Living Patriarchal/ Good listener
Aubrey P. independently nuclear
Cuñada, Maika Living with Patriarchal/ Joker
P. parents nuclear
Cuñada, Bea P. Living with Patriarchal/ funny
parents nuclear

B. Socio-economic and Cultural Characteristics

Member of Income and expenses
the
household occupation Place of Income of each Adequacy to Who
work working meet basic makes
member necessities decisions
about
money
Cuñada, Radtecth Iloilo City P50,000.00/mo Adequate
Fiel Arthur
P.
Cosca, Nurse Australia P90,000.00/mo Adequate
Lyxen
Aubrey P.
Cuñada, Nursing FCU
Maika P. student

Cuñada, nursing FCU

Bea P. student

C. Home and Environment

The Cuñada Family’s House is made of concrete and has three bedrooms, one
bathroom, a kitchen, and a living room which is just enough or adequate for their living
space. Every member of the family has their own bedrooms. Mr. and Mrs. Cuñada share
bedrooms while the siblings have their own rooms. The Laundry area outside the house,
kitchen sink cabinet and the garbage cans are the resting sites of vectors of disease such
as flies, mosquitoes and roaches present in Cuñada family’s house. Their foods are stored
in closed door cabinets and the refrigerator. The Cuñada s’ water supply comes from
deep well and not from NAWASA. They use water septic tank for their water supply.
The water coming from the septic tank is used for washing, cleaning, and bathing and not
for drinking purposes. The Cuñada family buys distilled water from water refilling
stations. The Cuñada family has their own bathroom and toilet. Their bathroom is near
the kitchen and is kept clean everyday by Mrs. Cuñada and sometimes the siblings. Their
garbage is taken out everyday and collected by garbage trucks everyday. They have three
garbage cans inside the house, one is in the kitchen, the other, is in the bathroom and
lastly, near the bedroom. Mr. Cuñada built a poso negro near the laundry area and is been
cleaned every once in a while to check for clogs. Their neighborhood is not congested,
there is still room for trees and plants to grow and place to play and hang-out. They have
their own telephone line and every family has their own cell phones. They also have a
family van for their transportation facility.

D. Health Status of Each Member

Member of the Medical and Nutritional assessment Risk factor

household nursing history assessment
Dietary Eating habits
history and practices
Cuñada, Fiel 4x a day Meat, fruits Cigarette and
Arthur P. and tobacco
vegetables smoking
Cosca, Lyxen dengue 2x a day Sea foods obesity
Aubrey P.
Cuñada, Maika 4x a day Meat, fish, stress
P. fruits and
vegetables
Cuñada, Bea P. dengue 3x a day meat, fruits, stress
less
vegetables
 and fish

E. Value, Habits, Practices on Health Promotion, Maintenance and Disease

Prevention
Member of the Immunization Healthy lifestyle Practices
household status of family
members

Cuñada, Fiel Arthur P. complete Biking everyday

Cosca, Lyxen Aubrey P. complete Stretching and eating fruits

Cuñada, Maika P. complete Basketball (occasionally)

Cuñada, Bea P. complete Badminton, Walking and eating

fruits
Adequacy of :

Member of Rest/ Exercises/ Use of protective Relaxation and

the sleep activities measures other stress
household management
activities
Cuñada, Fiel 9 10-20 Uses jacket Rest or watch TV
Arthur P. hours minutes or listen to jazz
music
Cosca, Lyxen 8 5-10 Uses slippers in and out Rest and watch TV
Aubrey P. hours minutes the house and umbrella

Cuñada, 6-8 1 hour Use pads Rest or eat

Maika P. hours
Cuñada, Bea 6 1 hour Use umbrella when Rest and watch TV
P. hours raining, and or surf the internet
handkerchiefs