Family Support Assessment – Increased Risk of Obesity

Family Support Assessment
Case management is useful in a variety of settings. You will be using the nursing process to conduct an in-home assessment in Sentinel City® to develop a plan of care for a family. The process of collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources can help the nurse to gain an understanding of family strengths, values, and needs related to physical and social determinants of health to promote the health and well-being of the family unit.
Click on Enter Sentinel City®. Click on the map to locate the apartment in Nightingale Square Enter the apartment. Once you enter the room, the Family Support Assessment Form will be available. If you haven’t completed the Family Support Assessment form, complete it at this time by asking the client predetermined questions. When the form is completed, click Submit. If you saved the form when completing the Home Safety Assessment assignment, you can use that form. Develop a Family Support Care Plan for a member of the family to address the needs of this family member. You can google a care plan on the web, use one from your institution, or use the following template found here.
a. Include a properly formatted community health nursing diagnosis that addresses either preschool age children, single mothers, or pregnant women.
b. Your community health nursing diagnosis should be in this format: Increased risk of (disability, disease, etc.) among (community or population) related to (disability, disease, etc.) as demonstrated in or by (health status indicator, or etiological/causal statement).
a. Example: Increased risk of obesity among school-age children related to lack of safe outdoor play areas for children as demonstrated by elevated BMI rates.
Reading and Resources
Watch Video Case Management Rubric Tips for Assignments
Chapter 16, 20, 23, 26 in Fundamentals of Case Management Practice.
Review clinical guidelines of the AHRQ
Additional Instructions
All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.
**Care Plan Required
Submission Options for Delivery of Activity
*Choose one option
Instructions
Paper
4 to 6-page paper. Include title and reference pages.
The link to the video, along with the login info, will be provided to the assigned writer
The needed chapters will be provided by the client a bit later.