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abuse
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physical, sexual, or emotional harm inflicted on others
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Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM)
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model used to assess a family’s strengths, resources, problems, and illness suffering by studying the family’s structure, development, and function
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Calgary Family Intervention Model
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model based on CFAM; provides a framework for nurses to use to have therapeutic conversations that target the family’s functioning as a system using three domains of family function: cognitive, behavioral, and affective
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developmental crisis
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a crisis resulting from predictable change due to normal growth and development
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Duvall’s Family Development Theory
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a theory of family development that asserts that families must move through certain stages, in order, and in each stage attain certain developmental tasks
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ecomap
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visual assessment tool that illustrates the relationships between a family and its social network
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emotional abuse
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a behavior that harms a person’s self-worth or emotional well-being
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family
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a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together (including related subfamily members)
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family group
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any two or more people (not necessarily including a householder) residing together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption
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family health assessment
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a process of collecting data from family members and organizing this data
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family household
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a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption, including any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may reside with them
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family nursing
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a nursing discipline that involves caring for the family as one unit or group of people
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family unit
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a household maintained by a householder who is in a family; includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may reside together
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general systems theory
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an interdisciplinary conceptual framework focusing on wholeness, patterns, relationship, hierarchical order, integration, and organization of phenomena
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genogram
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a diagram that depicts family ties through birth and marriage
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intimate partner violence (IVP)
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abuse that is caused by someone who is or has been romantically involved with the victim
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neglect
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the failure to meet the basic physiological and emotional needs of children and vulnerable adults
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physical abuse
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the use of physical force to cause physical injury
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sexual abuse
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pressuring or forcing a person to engage in sexual acts
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situational crisis
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a crisis that can either be predictable, such as a divorce, or unpredictable, such as a natural disaster or family death
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transactional model
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a family nursing model that looks at family processes and the family’s relationships or its transactions with other institutions