About Family Nursing

Family nursing is "The practical science of preventative and remedial support to the family in order to help the family system unit independently and autonomously maintain and improve its family functions. Family nursing is directed to improving the potential health of a family or any of its members by assessing individual and family health needsand strengths, by identifying problems influencing the health care of the family as a whole and those influencing the individual members,by using family resources, by teaching and counseling, and by evaluating progress toward stated goals.