Family Assignment: Family Assessment

Family Assessment The community environment is a suburb of Saint Paul and is on the east side of the Twin Cities area. The housing development is located off a busy street that consists of a public High School, a grocery store, multiple fast food restaurants, a city park, and is one mile from a major highway system. The housing development includes over one hundred and fifty houses that are mostly brick, two story homes with vivid green grass, colorful flower gardens and filled with friendly, waving homeowners. The family’s home is located deep into the development, in a cul-de-sac with four other homes. The driveway is full with a basketball hoop, a Ford F150, a hula-hoop, jump rope and a pink Barbie tricycle. A small sized barking dog caused the grandmother to open the front door with an invitation inside. The entrance was large and open. It was immediately known where the living room, dining room, kitchen and …show more content…
The family was very open with their home, beliefs, lifestyle and daughter. The mother had a chance to be interviewed with and without the father, allowing different views to be obtained from the interview. The family’s strengths more than overcome their challenges and the family was able to easily acknowledge their challenges and ways they could deal with them. The daughter’s presence positively influenced the interview because her responses and reactions to her parent’s answers were taken into account throughout the interview. This interview process can be used in future nursing experiences. It was impactful having extended family members involved to learn how to incorporate them enough where they would not get offended, but not too much where the parents would be. The experience helped bring out unbiased, nonjudgmental qualities, especially with unmarried expecting parents. The environment was comfortable due to the open and friendly family and the overall experience was very beneficial and