Family Reflection Paper

paintings, tore apart strings of beads that she had made, and set everything that his kids and wife

Dan’s father came home from work around 5:00 p.m., and Dan’s mother always had dinner ready by 5:30 p.m. Dan’s family always ate together at the kitchen table where they would talk about how school and work was. After dinner, Dan and his siblings helped clear the table, and some would help do the

Ingrid is a social worker, wife, and a mother who lives in a two story colonial home with her husband and two daughters, aged 8 and 15 years old. She was active in the school of her children, serving on committees and volunteering to read in the classroom. She attended to church habitually, though her husband did not accompany her. Her interests included swimming, snorkeling, and hiking. Not only was she close to her immediate family, but also maintained frequent contact with her college friends living throughout the country. As well, Ingrid requires moderate assistance with most of her basic activities of daily living (BADL).

Her Parents are her role models. Her mom works as maid and a babysitter, her dad works

Christiana acknowledged, "my mom was only helping me clean my room once because we were rearranging furniture."

grandparents, younger sister and a maid at a 4 room HDB flat. Both her parents are working

They are on a regular diet with few restrictions on fried foods and fat intake. The children eat school lunch and the parents from outside restaurant choices. Mom tries to cook a meal a day after work or they seldom eat Subway or Pizza Hut. No variation in weight gain or weight loss reported. They try to eat dinner as a family at home on a regular basis. However, this was not feasible all of the time due to dad’s late night work hours and CH basketball practices after school. They generally get 6-7 hours of sleep per night and denied any sleep deprivation. No exercise program has been implemented by this family. CH is the only physically, athletic member. DH stated that he likes to ride his bike. The children are active in Sunday school and participate in summer camp.

J.R. is seven years old and lives in an apartment with her mother, brothers, aunt, and cousins. She enjoys riding her bike outside, watching television,

An old woman named as Lindsey, lived nearby the residential area of Ocean Drive Miami Beach residing in a very luxurious condo with an amazing view that faces the waters of Miami shores. She was too old and her 21 years old granddaughter used to assist her for the execution of outdoor tasks, as she was an elder who could barely walk without assistance. Lindsey was capable enough to provide for the household. Her late husband who was deceased after a long-suffering illness has left her a lot of property and bank balance. She could not use much of it and her granddaughter used to live a very limited, dull, and fun-less life. Katy the granddaughter has never asked for demands other

I had the opportunity to interview a family very close to me whom I have been blessed to know since I was three years old. The mother Heidi, who is 59, remarried at the age of 31 to Paul, who is 57, and they have been married for 28 years now. Heidi had her first son Markie, who is now 38, with her previous husband who is no longer in the picture. Paul and Heidi have a son named Travis who is 26 and a daughter named Tina who is 24. Paul used to work as a carpenter but retired when he was 52. He then began working at a grocery store and eventually retired from there as well. Heidi also worked at a grocery and just recently retired. Paul loved what he did as a carpenter and still continues to build things for the family such as cabinets and furniture.

Their most popular monument is this stone of the sun known as the calender stone.

A family health assessment is a significant instrument in conveying a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. The health patterns were values and health perception, nutrition, sleep and rest, elimination, activities and exercise, cognitive, sensory-perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, and coping. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. Family health assessment defines the assessment of actual and potential problems of individuals (Gordon, 1994). This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment.

Maria is seventeen and starting her senior year in high school. She lives with her parents, ten-year-old brother, and nine-month-old sister. They live in a mobile home and work blue collar jobs. The family is very close and sometimes find it difficult to let others in, especially if they are not part of the extended family. Mom and dad both work full time and rely on Maria to watch her brother in the

Mahatma Gandhi once proclaimed, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Serving others, more commonly known as volunteering, means to freely offer to do something out of the kindness of one’s heart. From helping serve at a local food shelter to going on a mission trip to Costa Rica, there are a variety of serving opportunities around every corner. For centuries, service has shown its importance through a plethora of benefits to both the individual and the world. Individuals who dedicate their time to serve find career opportunities, uncover life passions, and learn character traits that develop them into a valuable member of society in order to benefit to the greater good.

Living demands an identity. A sense of self, which defines who a person is and the means that they exist in the larger macrocosm of the world. The great diversity present on earth derives from the perception of the world that is unique to each individual based on their culture, experience, and impressions. Yet, when variation is compromised, the idea of the uniformity of a global identity spurs the threat of a world conforming to the same ideals that is not exposed to innovation and change. The encroachment of Western powers in the 20th century upon smaller nations demonstrates that globalization spurs arrogance as Western countries, chiefly the United States of America, exert their culture and way of life upon foreign societies. The potential of far reaching development and dominance of individual civilizations world-wide perpetuates instability to cultural sustainability as native lifestyles, traditions, and values cannot withstand external pressures and can deteriorate.