Focusing on Families

Simulation in Nursing Education Emphasizes importance of families Validates the family’s significance Teaches students to: Provide family focused care Acknowledge family members Include family members in the health care delivery process Builds respect, collaboration and trust with families

Family Simulation Enhances Nursing Curriculum Bridges family based concepts learned in clinical practice and theory courses Promotes a family as client approach to nursing care (Rowe Kaakinen, Harmon Hanson, & Denham, 2010). Family is foreground Individuals are not exclusive of the whole “The family is seen as the sum of individual family members and the focus concentrates on each individual” (Rowe Kaakinen et al., 2010, p.10). Rowe Kaakinen, Harmon Hanson, & Denham (2010)

Family Defined Modified from Hanson (2005) “Family refers to two or more individuals who depend on one another. The members of the family are self-defined” (p.5). (Hanson, (2005)

Main Nursing Ethical Principle Guiding Family Simulation “The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group or community” (ANA, 2001, p.9). American Nurses Association (2001)

Simulation...A practical approach for learning Provides situations that clinical practice experiences may not provide Provides a safe place to ‘practice’ and learn from difficult family situations Offers opportunity to repeat nursing interactions with families

Builds Student Confidence in… Building effective communication skills Addressing family issues and concerns Using a family genogram and ecomap (Wright & Leahey, 2005) Offering support and hope (Herth, 1991) Addressing family health routines (Denham, 2003)

References American Nurses Association Inc. 2001 code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements .The American Nurses Association, Inc. (2001). The code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Retrieved November 23, 2010, from http://www.nursingworld. org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics.aspx Denham, S. (2003). Family health: A framework for nursing. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company. Hansen, K. V. (2005). Not-so-nuclear families: Class, gender, and networks of care. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Herth, K. (1991). Development and refinement of an instrument to measure hope. Scholarly Inquiry Nursing Practice, 5, 39-51. Rowe Kaakinen J Harmon Hanson S M Denham S 2010 Family helath care nursing: Theory, practice and researchRowe Kaakinen, J., Harmon Hanson, S. M., & Denham, S. (2010). Family health care nursing: An introduction. In J. Rowe Kaakinen, V. Gedaly-Duff, D. Padgett Coehlo, & S. M. Harmon Hanson (Eds.), Family health care nursing: Theory, practice and research (4th ed., pp. 3-33). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis. Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (2005). Nurses and families: A guide to family assessment and intervention (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.