health assessment
Professionals in many fields that study and work with people use genograms. They provide a diagram of a person’s family and social network to identify patterns and trends across multiple generations. Genograms can be clinically beneficial to integrate a patient’s family information into the health assessment for improved patient care. In this discussion board, you will first complete a genogram on your selected patient (the same patient that you used for the Complete Health History Assessment in Modules 1, 2, and 3).
Go to one of the following websites to create either a web based or pdf printable version of your selected patient’s family genogram:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web-based genogram tool.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services web-based and printable versions of the “My Family Health Portrait Tool”
After completing the genogram, evaluate how its data supports or enhances the body of knowledge gathered in the complete health history – what new information was revealed that will direct health promotion or disease prevention for your patient?
Directions
Complete the genogram on your selected patient using one of the tools above.
Compose a short essay (250-300 words) to address the following areas:
Identify one real or potential risk factor that was revealed (or reinforced) by the genogram.
Develop nursing interventions for health promotion related to this risk factor.
Cite at least two scholarly articles from the nursing literature that support your content.
Compare your information with peers in a discussion forum.
Follow all guidelines of the discussion rubric for this activity.
This activity will be graded using the discussion rubric.
References
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). My family health portrait: A tool from the surgeon general.
Purnell, L. D. (2014). Culturally competent health care (3rd ed). Davis Company.
United State Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). My family health portrait.
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