Steel Magnolias : A Family Assessment Of The Latcherie Family

Each family unit in the extended family applies a respective parenting strategy based on the philosophies and characters of the parents. The family of Gil and Karen is given more emphasis throughout the movie. The realization of the emotional problems that are experienced by Kevin, and the plan of the teachers to move Kevin to a special classroom necessitates a new parenting strategy. Gil responds using an authoritative parenting strategy. With the help of Karen, the parents find ways of getting Kevin to normal shape. First, Gil takes a personal initiative of elevating the self-esteem of their firstborn child. Karen, the nearly perfect wife, also plays her part in ensuring that the development of their children is facilitated. To this effect, the methods yield fruits and the emotional problems faced by Kevin are diminished.

Released in 2001, Disney Channel’s The Proud Family was a Black cartoon frequently watched by children who grew up during its airplay. Not vulgar or satirical, The Proud Family centered around Penny Proud and her family as she grew up through her years. As a child, I innocently watched this show, but picked up on unintended implications based off of the character’s skin color. The main character Penny was a lighter skinned girl, who appeared to possess “more Eurocentric phenotypic characteristics (Steele),” exhibited more intelligence, wealth, and virtue, as opposed to her darker skinned best friend, Dijonay, who was associated with deviance and sassiness, while speaking with a more Ebonic style of talking and possessed a more “ghetto” name. Although the show attempted to provide an accurate representation of a “traditional African American family,” it still regardlessly instilled these stereotypes of the African American community into my mindset, which were not disproved in my mind until later in my life (Steele).

The interaction between the three domains described earlier can affect the health and well-being of the individual. Environmental systems will affect individual and family health in some shape or form. Therefore, it is important for any healthcare provider to consider and incorporate these factors if one is to expect a positive outcome of an intervention or treatment being initiated for the

-A succinct philosophy of family nursing is seen in The Association for the Care of Children’s Health standards stating the expectation for healthcare providers to facilitate family/professional collaboration at all levels of care, and to recognizing family as the constant in the patient’s life whereas the healthcare providers will fluctuate (p.40, 2003).

Tom and Diane have raised him since birth. They have provided a safe, stable and nurturing environment for Emma. They have dedicated their resources and time to her happiness and well-being. They have provided the financial, emotional, spiritual and mental needs for Emma since her birth. They have been loving, trusting and excellent parents.

Hard work, dedication, and the changing times for women allowed Mary to earn a job as pediatrician. “Times were quickly changing for women, they were no longer confined to the house,” says, Davis showcasing Dr. Davis. “Mary actually contributed more to our household income,” chuckles Davis, a gentle tremor erupting from his round belly. However, when their children were born, it was time for the once Dr. Davis to revert back to her childhood roles. Disheartened by this, Davis became the soccermom of their family. Their children, Jake and Samantha both grew up playing soccer, “we felt that we should reflect the changing times by treating our kids the same, we didn’t want Samantha to feel like she is inferior to Jake,” says

As the society we live in continues to transform, nurses need a comprehensive tool to assess family’s health patterns. Family units are influenced by environment, biological, mental, social and spiritual factors. Assessing these areas for health promotion and disease prevention will take all of these influences into consideration (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). A priority to a family focused health assessment approach is to adequately question, assess and examine these areas. A tool to assist a family health assessment using a family focused approach is Gordon’s 11 Functional Patterns. This paper will use these 11

To sum things up about the Les family, they have a great family. They enjoy their current lives in the huge world, and seem to have a bright future coming for the whole family. With the Les’s adults working at places they love and earn good pay, and also since the kids go to great schools and have inspirational influences around them, their family seems to have it all together. Life will never be entirely easy for this simple family in Trenton, New Jersey, but the Les’s will definitely be prepared for what the world hold for

The family has various functions that include teaching members’ values, morals and beliefs as they relate to health practices. Health can be defined as a complete state of wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease. Gordon’s functional health patterns are a methodology developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 to be used as a guide to establish a comprehensive nursing database (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns are; health perception/ health

When most people think about family they think of the perfect relationship between the parents and the kids, In the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet this was not always the case. The book highlights three main families that operate in different fashions.

Back to text, family relationships was the main theme in the four texts that I have read/watched: Secrets and Lies, The Castle, Good Will Hunting and Not without my Daughter. This has influenced a number of authors and directors to direct to create films that relate to a certain topic of family. This is because it focuses on the family itself, which can have an impact on the audience who may be experiencing this kind of problem in the text. This is shown in the four texts that I have studied: Secrets and Lies, The Castle, Good Will Hunting and Not Without my Daughter. These texts were influenced by family problems and secrets within our daily lives.

In this story, the characters’ family is not the idealized family. It is not ideal for one to be divorced by her husband so that he can run away to his lover (who so happens to be a man). The characters in this scene (during the song “Making a Home”) are as follows: Whizzer (Marvin’s lover, also whom he divorced Trina for), Trina (Marvin’s ex-wife), Mendel (Trina’s husband and Marvin’s former psychiatrist), Jason (Marvin and Trina’s son). Jason has two pairs of parents (Marvin/Whizzer & Mendel/Trina), and his biological parents (Marvin & Trina) are seen always in the middle of a dispute. The resulting scenario shows conflict and unresolved tension throughout the show. The image attempting to get across in this song is the image of a perfect family. However, we as an audience know that not

There is no television show that doesn’t challenge our concept of a “normal” life or family in some way or another. Reba is a prime example of challenging our concept of a “normal” family. Reba, the star and single mother of the show, goes through many difficulties but always works through them and does not let them get her down. The television show, Reba, challenges our concept of “normal” family as she deals with her ex-husband and his new wife, with her pregnant teenage daughter, and with her daughter and son-in-law living with her.

Family refers to a “set of relationships that each patient identifies as family or as a network of individuals who influence each other’s lives” (West & Jakubec, 2014, p.274). In nursing, it is considered that individuals cannot be completely understood in solitude but instead are better comprehended within the context of their family, as a shift in one member’s health status impacts other members of the family (West & Jakubec, 2014). Moreover, each individual’s thoughts about health and health-related behaviours evolve out of his or her family’s beliefs, values, and practices (Doane & Varcoe, 2005, 2006 as cited in West & Jakubec, 2014). Therefore, in this paper, through the use of the

As a family nurse practitioner (FNP), I have learned that the care which patients require ought to be provided from a collaborative point of view. This means that the FNP needs to have a deeper understanding regarding the role of family members in the wellbeing of their loved ones as well as the need to work in interdisciplinary teams to achieve this objective. With this knowledge in mind, I intend to practice within the United States at least for now. I am hoping that the experiences which I will encounter while still working in the acute care setting will open up my perspective regarding the healthcare needs of families across the