Susie's Family Development Theory

The first step would be to support Susie in her new role and that becoming a caregiver does not mean she will be having a life of her own. Encourage Susie to accept or ask for help from the family, remain active in her regular activities, and do self-care by pay attention to her physical and emotional well-being. Susie's mother is still her parent, with all the respect that comes with that, her mother just needs more help in life. The next step in assisting and helping this family is to offer education and community resources that would be beneficial during this time. The nurse can help Susie to learn strategies to help her deal with these new changes to the family. New strategies include learning how to balance her career, social life, and raising her children. …show more content…
The family development theory can be useful in examining role changes and new patterns as the family expands and grows. With the family development theory, in this situation the nurse will recognize there is going to need to be a change in family roles. Each member of the house will have different roles now that Mrs. Jones is moving in. This will affect Susie the most because she is now responsible for her