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Family Health Assessment Part I_s_green_ Family Health Assessment Part I: Taylor Family Stephanie Green Grand Canyon University: NRS 429VN October 28, 2018 Family Health Assessment Part I: Taylor Family Family health assessments focus on the entire family as a unit and then subsequently on each individual member of the family unit. Using Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns allows for a framework for nurses to form the nursing assessment leading to the nursing diagnosis (Green, 2018). The Taylor family graciously allowed a family health assessment to be completed on their family. The following is a summary of this assessment with family health pattern strengths, barriers to health, and family system theory to assist the family in health promotion and wellness. The Taylor family consists of father, Edward (42), mother, Lynn (38), children LeAnn (18), Sara (15), and Jacob (13). Mr. Taylor is disabled military and does not work. Mrs. Taylor is college educated and the breadwinner and caregiver. Daughter LeAnn is in the first year of college at a local university, daughter Sara and son Jacob are in high school. The Taylor’s are a middle class, Caucasian family, living in the suburbs. Mother and children practice Catholicism while the father claims to be agnostic. The overall health of the family consists of Crohn’s disease, severe malnutrition, two pack a day smoker, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the father. Mrs. Taylor has high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and maintains regular gynecologic exams. All three children claim to have no medical issues and receive regular physical exams including immunizations. The family states they value spending time together especially on vacations but that with the father’s health conditions this is not feasible. As a family……………………………………..CONTINUED……………………………………