Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention

by Wright, Lorraine M.

• ISBN13: 9780803612112
• ISBN10: 0803612117
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention, 4th Edition, is the ideal text for your undergraduate and graduate students. It is the only family textbook that provides specific "how to" guidelines for clinical practice. Your students are guided through the process of preparing for, conducting, and documenting family meetings from the very first interview through discharge.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(286)
1 Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview	9	(20)
2 Theoretical Foundations of the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models	29	(28)
3 The Calgary Family Assessment Model	57	(96)
4 The Calgary Family Intervention Model	153	(28)
5 Family Nursing Interviews: Stages and Skills	181	(18)
6 How to Prepare for Family Interviews	199	(30)
7 How to Conduct Family Interviews	229	(34)
8 How to Do a 15-Minute (or Shorter) Family Interview	263	(14)
9 How to Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing	277	(10)
10 How to Document Family Interviews	287	(30)
11 How to Terminate with Families	317	(17)
Index	334	(12)
The "How to" Family Nursing Series (DVD, VHS, Streaming Video)	346