Students will acquire knowledge and skill and learn to apply concepts through a variety of means of instruction and activities, including: lecture, demonstration, audio-visual aids, case studies, debate forums, critical thinking exercises and teamwork.
The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to family nursing frameworks that are based upon family development, structural, and process concepts. Learners will be introduced to theoretical foundations associated with family theory and family nursing theory. Various family assessment tools will be applied to selected families and case studies throughout. Course content includes:
Unit 1: Family Health Care Nursing: Introduction
- Introduction to Family Health Nursing
- Approaches to Family Health Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing Roles
- Family Structure, Function and Process
Unit 2: Family Demographics – Canadian Context
- Changing Family Norms, Immigration and Ethnic Diversity
- Trends in Population Health including Aboriginal Health
- Family and Diversity in Canada
- Canadian Healthcare Context
Unit 3: Theoretical foundations for the Nursing of Families
- Foundations for the Nursing of Families
- Theoretical Perspectives and Application to Families
- Family Life Cycle Stages and Developmental Tasks
- Family Systems Theory (Neuman)
- Other Family Nursing Models
Unit 4: Family Nursing Process: Family Nursing Assessment Models
- Family Nursing Process
- Assessment of the Family Story
- Analysis, Design, Intervention and Evaluation
- Family Assessment Models for Psychiatric Nursing
Unit 5: Family Social Policy and Variation from Wellness
- Social Policy
- Determinants of Health and Variation from Wellness
- Social Issues and Policies that affect Families
- Psychiatric Nursing role in relation to Health and Illness care
Unit 6: Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care of Families
- Psychiatric Nursing Perspective on Cultural Diversity
- Theoretical Framework. Bowen Family Systems Theory
- Psychiatric Nursing Care using the Family Systems Model
Unit 7: Family Mental Health Nursing
- Family Members of Individuals with Mental Health Issues
- Family Mental Health Nursing Practice
- Assessment, Diagnosis, Identification, Planning & Implementation
Unit 8: Family Health Promotion
- Family Health Models and Family Health Promotion
- Nursing Process for Family Health Promotion
Unit 9: Families and Chronic Illness
- Theoretical Perspectives to understanding Chronic Illness
- Family Coping and Caregiver Concerns
- Family Functioning, Resilience, Change and Adaption
Unit 10: Families in Developmental Changes
- Key Issues in Developmental Change and Families (Exemplar: death, divorce, loss)
- Family Nursing Practice, Assessment and Intervention
- Supporting Families: Information, Empowerment and Healing
Unit 11: Gerontology
- Theoretical Framework, and Profile of Aging Families
- Family Caregiving
- Abuse, Neglect, and Self Neglect
Unit 12: Psychiatric Nursing Care of Families with Trauma
- Demographics: Families and Trauma
- Effects of Trauma on Families
- Family Nursing Practice Interventions
In this course, learners will have opportunities to:
- Develop their theoretical knowledge of family theory and family nursing theory
- Discuss theoretical foundations associated with family theory and family nursing
- Examine nursing frameworks that guide family nursing assessment and practice
- Demonstrate application of Family Models of Nursing to guide family health promotion in the context of psychiatric nursing practice.
The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.