Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice & Research

Significantly updated and thoroughly revised, the 4th Edition approaches family nursing the way it is practiced today-with an evidence-based, clinical focus built on a firm foundation of theory and research. From health promotion to end of life, a new organizational structure parallels the trajectory of illness, incorporating caring for the family along this continuum of care in a variety of specialties.

Unit 1: Foundations in Family Health Care Nursing Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction Demography and Family Health Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing Families Family Nursing Process: Family Nursing Assessment Models Family Social Policy and Health Disparities Unit 2: Families Across the Health Continuum Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care of Families Canadian Context of Family Nursing Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life Span Family Health Promotion Families with Chronic Illness Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Unit 3: Nursing Care of Families in Clinical Areas Family Nursing with Childbearing Families Family Child Health Nursing Nurses and Families in Adult Medical-Surgical Settings Gerontological Family Nursing Family Mental Health Nursing Families and Community/Public Health Nursing Nursing Care of Families in Disaster and War Unit 4: Looking to the Future Advancing family Nursing Appendix A: Family Systems Stressor Strength Inventory Appendix B: The Friedman Family Assessment Model Index