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| a framework made up of ideas for explaining and studying a phenomenon of interest, conveying a particular perception of the world |
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| studies families from a life-cycle perspective by examining members' changinging roles and tasks in each progressive life-cycle stage |
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| a diagram of the connections between a family and the other systems in its ecologic environment; originally devised to depict the complexity of the client's story |
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| how well the family function together as a unit |
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| a kind of nursing practice in which the family is the unit of service |
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| a display of family information in a graphic form that provides a quick view of complex family patterns |
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| describes the family as a unit of interacting personalities and emphasizes communication, roles, conflict, coping patterns, and decision-making processes |
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| the assessment of change in the family's (client's) health status based on mutually agreed upon activities |
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| a request for service from another agency or person |
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| a published source of community services developed for professionals and the broader community |
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| a communication technique in which, either verbally or in writing, the nurse lists positive points about an otherwise negative situation |
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| structural-functional framework |
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| describes the family as a social system relating to other social systems in the external environment, such as church, school, work, and the health care system |
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