Required reading
Textbooks:
Family Health Care Nursing
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• Read Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15.

This week we will study the role of the family healthcare nurse when caring for families from childbearing through geriatric care. We will discuss topics important in the childbearing family, child health, adult medical-surgical, and gerontological family.

For this discussion, choose one task from the family developmental and life cycle theory (pages 361-370) and apply that task to a family in your nursing practice.

References:
• Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.

Words Limits
• Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)

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Textbooks that are required reading

Nursing Care for Families

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• Go over Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15.

This week, we’ll look at the role of the family healthcare nurse in providing care to families from conception through senior care. We’ll talk about issues that affect childbearing families, such as child health, adult medical-surgical care, and gerontological care.

Choose one assignment from the family developmental and life cycle theory (pages 361-370) and apply it to a family in your nursing practice for this discussion.

References:

• Initial Post: A total of two (2) references are required: one (1) from course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed sources.

Words Have Their Limits

• Initial Post: Minimum of 200 words (roughly one (1) page) excluding references