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Nursing interventions with families: a demand or an invitation to change?
Author(s) -
Robinson Carole A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01167.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , objectivity (philosophy) , nursing , nursing interventions classification , intervention (counseling) , psychology , medicine , epistemology , philosophy
While nurses are becoming more adept at the assessment of families, intervention with families is an area that requires increased attention. This paper provides a critical analysis of existing nursing literature pertaining to interventions with families who are managing a member's chronic health condition. Three orientations to nursing interventions with families (traditional, transitional and non‐traditional) are proposed, based on underlying perspectives regarding objectivity and linear versus systemic thinking. These orientations are further distinguished in relation to beliefs that are reflected in the intervention literature.