Tag Archives: family asessment

TRANSFORMING PRACTICE with Families in Health Care: My Vision

I have a burning desire as a family nurse to increase the capacity of nurses to practice with families. How can we help new and experienced health care professionals learn how to address illness suffering and family healing? My dream for our community of family nursing is that we create, share, and disseminate knowledge about family nursing [...]

Italian Student Asks About Family Nursing

Dear Dr. Bell: Nursing the family in Italy is not well developed, so our curriculum does not include a specific course on it.  I read your Journal of Family Nursing editorial, “Family Nursing Education:”Higher, Faster, Stronger” and would like to know more about family nursing. I hope you can help me! Dear Andrea: Your interest in family [...]

The Calgary Family Assessment Model: A True Story (Guest Blog by Dr. Lorraine M. Wright)

Greetings and thanks for dropping by to read this blog. I appreciate the invitation by Dr. Janice M. Bell to write a guest blog about the Calgary Family Assessment Model. But where do I begin? Once upon a time….! Well, how about if I start by telling you how old the model is. In 2009, [...]