Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Assignment 5
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Assignment 5
Purpose: Holistically assessing a family and the individual family
members in relation to family structure, developmental stages,
and family relationships helps the student to understand how
each individual affects the family as a whole and how the family
affects each individual. The student will also gain an insight into
how important a family’s health is to the health of its individual
members.
Assignment:
Contact a family and perform a family assessment. This can be
completed in-person, or via virtual or phone interview. Below are
areas that must be included. This paper is to be written in APA
format with a title page, introductory and conclusion paragraphs,
paragraph headings and sub-headings, proper formatting, proper
in-text citations and a separate reference page. The Functional
Health Patterns sections can be written in paragraph form or
bullet points. In the end, your final paper should be at least 30
pages.
You need to have at least 4 resources cited in your paper/care
plans and referenced in the reference page. 1 can be your text
book, 1 can be a care plan book, the other 2 must be Evidence
Based Practice articles related to the work you did with the family.

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