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Qlt1 Task 1

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Task 1A required students to read through the Australian Family Strengths Nursing Assessment Guide v2 and identify their family strengths in order to present to the class, an artefact that expressed those identified strengths. The strengths that I identified in my family were togetherness and sharing activities. Therefore the artefact that I thought best expressed these strengths was a little blue camp light. I chose the blue camp light because camping is really important in my family and the light is what enables us to be together. We use the light when we’re cooking, eating, playing games and communicating with each other. Consequently, the light allows us a chance to bond, share, laugh and enjoy each other’s company which forms the basis …show more content…

The presentations opened my eyes to how diverse today’s family unit can be and provided me with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the diversity of the family unit in contemporary society. Often people have an image built on assumptions of the ideal family, however families are dynamic and for health professionals it is important to always reevaluate what is considered family and to challenge any assumptions made (Barnes & Rowe 2013). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011) found that in Australia, 15.9% of families were one parent families while 44.6% were couple families with children. On the contrary 37.8% were couple families without children. As a result of such diversity in the family unit, family strengths are continually growing and changing. It is important for nurses to be able to understand this in order to successfully undertake a comprehensive family assessment and identify and help develop those identified strengths to increase family resilience and facilitate change in family functioning (Smith & Ford

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