Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research

Awarded first place in the 2014 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Child Health category! Prepare for the real world of family nursing care! Explore 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, this text shows how caring for families can be planned based on current evidence of effectiveness.

I.Foundations in Family Health Care Nursing 1.Family Health Care Nursing 2. Family Demography 3.Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families 4. Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention 5.Family Social Policy and Health Disparities II.Families Across the Health Continuum 6. Relational Nursing and Family Nursing in Canada 7. Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Lifespan 8. Family Health Promotion 9. Families Living With Chronic Illness 10. Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care 11. Trauma and Family Nursing III.Nursing Care of Families in Clinical Areas 12.Family Nursing with Childbearing Families 13.Family Child Health Nursing 14. Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings 15. Family Health in Mid and Later Life 16.Family Mental Health Nursing 17.Families and Community/Public Health Nursing Appendices A.Family Systems Stressor-Strength Inventory B.The Friedman Family Assessment Model