Study Articles
The Analysis of Assessment of Family Nursing by Public Health Nurses
2001 Volume 4 Issue 3 Pages 87-95
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2001 Volume 4 Issue 3 Pages 87-95
The purpose of this study is to clarify the role of assessment in family nursing practices in community nursing. This study is based on family nursing casereports obtained from 20 expert public health nurses, using semi-structured interview as suggested in the theoretical literature.
Assessment items were divided into those concerning the family and those focusing on the individual. The data was analyzed and divided into two groups; problems initially expressed by the family, and potential problems.
The public health nurses felt that intervention in potential problem as identified by analysis of family assessment data, was the key to building trust by the family.
