NCM 104 RLE: COMMUNITY

HEALTH NURSING 1 (INDIVIDUAL &

FAMILY AS CLIENTS)

Family
Assessment Tool
Prepared by:
CABANBAN, Rachel Ann A
BSN IV - IMOGENE KING
Family Assessment Tool
A systematic way of understanding the family
and to aid them in evaluating the impact of
illness on a person and on his/her role in the
family.
Can be used to gather data about the family’s
systems, functioning, culture and experiences.
Information about the way the family functions
in nurturing its members, problem solving and
potentially more effective for management of
child’s health care.
They enable the nurse to work more effectively,
such as collaborating with the family in planning
for health maintenance and health promotion.
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1. Family Structure and Characteristics

2. Socio-Economic and cultural factors
3. Home and Environment
4. Health assessment of each members
5. Value Placed on prevention of disease
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1. Family Structure and Characteristics

Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Members of household in relation to head
Demographic data
Live-in- married/ common law wife
Type & structure of family
Dominant members in health
General family relationship
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2. Socio-economic and cultural factor

Occupation
Place of work
Income of each working member
Educational attainment of each family member
Religious affiliations
Ethnic background
Significant others and other role/s they play in the family's
life
Relationship of the family to the larger community
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3. Home and Environment

Information on housing and sanitation facilities

Kind of neighborhood,
Availability of social, health, communication, and
transportation in the community
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4. Health Assessment of Each Member

Past and current significant illnesses

Belief and practices related to health of the
family
Nutritional and development status
Physical assessment findings
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5. Value placed on prevention of disease

Preventive services
Rest/sleep
Exercise
Relaxation activities
Healthy lifestyle activities
Immunization status of at-risk family members
Coping to stress management and strategies.
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1. STRUCTURE
GENOGRAM

- It is a diagram which used in illustrating a

person’s family members such as how they
are related and their medical history.

- It described as a graphic representation of

families that charts the interactional
processes over three generations
(McGoldrick, Gerson, and Shellenberger1999)
Components of a complete genogram
1. Names, ages of all family members
2. Exact dates of birth, marriage, separation, divorce,
death and other significant life events
3. Information covering 3 or more generations
4. Illness (hereditary and significant illnesses)
5. Firstborn of each family to the left and other siblings
sequentially to the right
6. Indication of which members live together in the
same household
7. Names of 2 families with the address of the index
family
8. The informant/s
9. Date the genogram was generated