Family History: Destructive Pulmonary Disease

| This is important because we need to look at the relevant data and realize that she seems to be in distress and first take care of that. Also realize that she seems to have an infection. With this information we are able to prioritize

When a particular family member thinks about health its not just a thought but a action to take control of how that behavior will encourage the best health they can possibly obtain. A family is considered a complex unit made up of many dimensions within that unit. By this being said all family members may have acquired a illness, disease, or passed a inherit gene on but is well in all other parts of their health. A disease is an illness that will affect the family as a whole, this illness could be very taxing on the family as a unit, this illness or disease could present itself as either a acute or chronic presentation. The manner in which the illness progresses will determine the taxing effect on the

When asked about S.J.’s father’s physical health, it was mentioned that his health has never given him problems before but at this point in time it is unknown. Her father is bipolar and a strong history of bipolar disorder runs in his side of the family. Also S.J.’s paternal grandparents have a history of pancreatic and lung disease, dementia and hypertension. As for her maternal grandparents, there is a history of diabetes, hypertension, migraines, cancer (breast and intestinal), and bipolar disorder. S.J. has no blood-related siblings. Furthermore, S.J. has a cultural (ethnic) background that consists of Native American, German, French, Hispanic, and

I have chosen my sister’s family as the focus of this reflection. Paternal and maternal grandparents shared a health history that consists of heart disease, diabetes type II, lung cancer, and depression. My sister is in her mid-fifties and has been recently diagnosed with type II diabetes. My father’s health problems consisted of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and type II diabetes and died at age 81. My mother suffered from depression in the last ten years of her life and succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 66. Her husband is the same age and has a health history that includes heart disease and had a quadruple coronary artery bypass three years ago. Both his mother and father died in their sixties after experiences many years with various cardiac ailments and disease. The oldest, a son, is 26 years old and has not experienced any serious health problems and is very active physically. Their middle child, a daughter, is 24 years old and does not have any serious health problems and works as a nanny. Their youngest son, now 23, experienced problems soon after his birth. The doctors diagnosed him as having the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis (CF). This was a very emotional time that produced many questions and worries not only for his immediate health and of what quality of life he would have, but also of the risks that this genetic

More familial involvement in disease management is associated with healthier family functioning (Gavin & Wysocki, 2005). The context in which assessment takes place includes not only specific characteristics of the illness, but also a patient’s individual traits and daily activities (Corbin, 1991). Before, during, and after the clinic visit, it is the responsibility of the PNP to recognize traits in JD such as his age, race, gender, hobbies, and personality characteristics that may help in the diagnosis and management of the projected condition.

1. Describe each of your close family members: parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and brothers and sisters. What do each of them look like? What health concerns do they have?

Better techniques: The RN should not tell her personal story. The RN can ask “Is there anyone in your family was diagnosis with diabetes, heart disease, cancer, or any other chronic problems?” The RN should not give false or unclear advices

Family health history is a powerful tool for screening patients. Family nurses tracing the illnesses suffered by a patient’s family members can help predict the disorders patients and their families may be at risk for, and take appropriate action to help them maintain a healthy life. In this report I will complete a Genetic/Genomic Nursing Assessment on my friend and her family. I will discuss three generations of family members, identify health issues, and genetic traits. This report will contain the family’s ethnic background, reproductive history, and any growth and development variations. To further expand on this information I will evaluate my friend’s understanding, as well as her family, of their genetic health risks, identify health risk problems, and include nursing interventions. While most Americans have some degree of awareness regarding the importance of family heath history, most do not have a written profile, that being said, welcome to Patti’s genetic world.

The first questions asked the family about their perceptions of their own health and about what

Knowing the health conditions that run in my family, I can make wiser health decisions, not smoking, drinking alcohol and eating unhealthy will help prevent risks or hazards to my own health.

Dr. Johanna Watson, renowned geneticist from the Mayo Clinic, stopped by our offices recently to explain the importance of getting regular physical check-ups and knowing one’s family’s medical history. In our interview with Dr. Watson, she explained that all of the questions your doctor asks are for a reason. She gave us a checklist of what you should know going into a physical exam and what questions you should ask your healthcare provider. Dr. Watson also shared her latest article, “Too Much [Information] Is Not Enough,” to explain why we should build our own family genetic profile in order to understand our own physiology.

I have researched the health problems that are involved in my family; Heart diseases, diabetes and obesity. In all honesty they all affect the other. I know the changes that I need to make.

One of my Med school buddies nonchalantly mentioned to me during a casual conversation that family medicine was “the best” field and this is how I remember my interest in family medicine having started. Moving forward, as I considered the implications of a career in family medicine, I began to take into consideration the vast array of illnesses around me that I was naïve of before becoming a medical student. There is my father recently starting losartan for hypertension, my mother and sister’s migraines, my younger brother having eczema on his arms in connection to his asthma, my uncle’s rheumatoid arthritis, my aunt’s recent hepatitis infection, another brother’s Vitiligo of the foot, an aunt who recently had bilateral knee replacements due to osteoarthritis, and a younger cousin in Pakistan, where I hail from originally, who has a limp due to undiagnosed hip dysplasia. Then there is Pakistan’s polio vaccination deficiency, and my uncle who has polio of one leg, recently starting to use a wheelchair.

A family is a very unique social group and they come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, and configurations. Families are unique in the sense that they are one of the only social groupings that despite hardships and falling outs, always manage to stick together and support one another when it is needed the most. The health of each family member is extremely important to the cohesiveness of the unit as a whole, and a family assessment can be a useful tool for an evaluation of the overall health of the group. In looking at the assessment of my family’s health, we are going to look at hypertension, cancer, risk factors, protective factors, and an applied nursing model.

I was only five when it happened but I remember it like today. I had bronchitis but it seemed far worse than normal so my parents took me to the doctors. The doctor gave me a check up and said I should go to the hospital.