Explorations in Family Nursing (Paperback)

The continuing shift in health care provision from hospitals into the community places an increasing burden on the family as the primary source of care. This volume looks at how nurses can adopt a more collaborative approach to working with families to both facilitate their task as carers and promote the health and well-being of the whole family. The first part of the book explores the theoretical underpinnings of family nursing, drawing insights from family therapy and systems theory and looks for a definition of the family which is appropriate to all situations including co-habiting couples, families separated by divorce, blended families and homosexual couples. The book goes on to establish the principles of family nursing explaining the process of making assessments, planning interventions and evaluating progress. Chapters on caring for chronically and terminally ill children, patients in intensive care, adolescent problems, the elderly and children with learning disabilities demonstrate the scope for applying family nursing strategies widely both in the community and in hospital.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Dorothy Whyte
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-13350-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing Promotions
LSN:	0-415-13350-5
Barcode:	9780415133500

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