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All practitioners know patients' families are significant to successful care, but often nurses serve as the primary contact point for families dealing with significant illness or injury. Wright (nursing emeritus, U. of Calgary) and Leahey (practitioner) work through the Calgary Family Assessment Model and also through the Calgary Family intervention Model to give nurses practical ways to anticipate, conduct and document family interviews. They describe when and how to intervene, and how to terminate with families they have helped. They include methods to sort out blended and non-traditional families and give case studies with a range of situations. For this edition they have provided a new chapter on avoiding common errors in family nursing. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The ideal "how-to" book!Innovative ideas to increase critical thinking Practical guidelines for family interviewing Clinical tools, skills and examples Harness the power of the nurse-family relationship!Use the thoroughly revised Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to assess families effectively and know when and how to intervene to reduce suffering and promote health.From theory to practice...polish the skills you need to...Use questions in family interviewing more effectively New Chapter - How to Use Questions in Family Interviewing Consider issues of diversity, such as: Ethnicity, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, and socioeconomic classAssist families to manage complex health, social, and emotional problems such as genetics, terrorism, obesity, unemployment, etc.Conduct a fifteen minute (or shorter) family interview Avoid the three most common errors in family nursing Create genograms for families with multiple unions, parents and siblings Prepare, conduct, terminate and document family interviews
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