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J And K's Family: A Case Study

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Spirituality/religion. Religion plays a large role in J and K’s family’s life as they are self-identifying Christians. K explained that “what we believe dictates the way we live, the decisions we make and the way we parent our kids” (K, personal communication, June 1, 2018). J added, “it is the driving force behind how the family lives” (J, personal communication, June 1, 2018). Their religious beliefs are their sole source of hope and coping with illness. Environment. J and K’s family lives in south Regina. They find their neighborhood safe and have access to school, the doctor, grocery stores and playgrounds, as everything is within walking distance. Their home environment is safe and adequate to meet the needs of this family.
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Problem solving is primarily done by J and K. This is where the power and roles come into play. The children are not given the power to make important decisions. Roles. See rank order in the structural assessment. Influence and power. J as the most influence and power in the family with K next. The kids have the least influence and power as they are still quite young. Beliefs. J and K believe that their son still can play soccer with his illness but are unsure of what capacity. They believe this illness is manageable and may disappear in the future. They also believe that his inhalers have been the most beneficial treatment for O thus far. Alliances and coalitions. Through assessment, it is clear this family is very close. J and K have an alliance as parents but generally, see the family as a unit and act as one. O’s illness impacts everyone, and they manage it as a family.
Nursing Diagnoses Through the information collected from the family assessment, two nursing diagnoses have been formulated. The nursing diagnoses are as follows, interrupted family processes related to a new birth as evidenced by potty training regression in M and increased aggression in O and knowledge deficit related to new diagnosis as evidenced by K’s fear to allow O to participate in sports and J and K’s inability to express asthma …show more content…

The CFIM is split into the domains, affective, behavioural and cognitive. The cognitive intervention, offering information and opinions will be used to addresses the knowledge deficit related to a new diagnosis. Resources explaining some triggers of asthmas as being pets, (Shugang Luo, Yuexia Sun, Jing Hou, Xiangrui Kong, Pan Wang, Qingnan Zhang, Jan Sundell (2018)) and mold (Polyzoi, E., Polyzois, D., & Koulis, T. (2017)) will be utilized for teaching. Research written by Bhagavatheeswaran, K. S., Kasav, J. B., Singh, A. K., Mohan, S. K., & Joshi, A. (2016), Hughes, D. (2014) and Westergren, T., Fegran, L., Nilsen, T., Haraldstad, K., Kittang, O. B., & Berntsen, S (2016) assist in the explanation of the effects of exercise on asthma and the encouragement of exercise with asthma. This information allows J and K to best care for O’s asthma and helps K to remove her fears of O playing soccer. For the nursing diagnosis interrupted family processes related to a new birth the affective intervention of validating, acknowledging or normalizing emotional responses will be used. The research paper by P Joinson, C., Sullivan, S., von Gontard, A., & Heron, J. (2016) helps to explain and normalize family responses to a new birth and the research done by Volling, B. L. (2013) will help K link and normalize bedwetting and changes in levels of stress. This

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