IWU Building Strong Families Discussion

Learning Goal: I’m working on a nursing multi-part question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

For this discussion, consider a family you have encountered in your nursing practice. Discuss from page 6 Box 1-1 in the textbook, what traits of a healthy family they exhibited and what roles you used as a family nurse caring for the patient and family.

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.”

Objectives

• Differentiate roles within a family
• Discuss the role of the family healthcare nurse

Points: 30

Due Dates:

• Initial Post: Friday of Module 1 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
• Response Post: Sun of Module 1 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.

References:

• Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.
• Response posts: Minimum of one (1) total reference: one (1) from peer-reviewed or course materials reference per response.

Words Limits

• Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)
• Response posts: Minimum 100 words excluding references.

Note: Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area. Points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities for this module.

STEP 2. Review or download the grading rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, type your initial post.

STEP 4. Copy the initial post from the Word document.

STEP 5. Click on “DISCUSSIONS” section located on the left-hand side of your screen in Blackboard.

STEP 6. Post in the discussion forum titled “M1 A1 DB: TRAITS OF A HEALTHY FAMILY”

uses this as one of the references

Robinson, M., Coehlo, D. P., & Smith, P. S. (2022). Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research. FA Davis.

• • Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Articles:

View or download the following:

Flores, D. D., Rosario, A. A., Bond, K. T., Villarruel, A. M., & Bauermeister, J. A. (2020). Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality-Inclusive Sex Talks): Iterative Development of a Sex Communication Video Series for Parents of Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Male Adolescents. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(2), 90–101

Hamari, L., Konttila, J., Merikukka, M., Tuomikoski, A.-M., Kouvonen, P., & Kurki, M. (2022). Parent Support Programmes for Families Who are Immigrants: A Scoping Review. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24(2), 506–525.

Henriquez, N., Hyndman, K., & Chachula, K. (2019). It’s Complicated: Improving Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Understanding Family and Care of LGBTQ Older Adults. Journal of Family Nursing, 25(4), 506– 532.

Wagner, L. D., & Armstrong, E. (2020). Families in Transition: The Lived Experience of Parenting a Transgender Child. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(4), 337–345.

Warner, A., Dorsen, C., Navarra, A.-M. D., & Cohen, S. (2021). An Integrative Review of Experiences Parenting Transgender and Gender Diverse Children. Journal of Family Nursing, 27(4), 304–326