TY - JOUR
T1 - Family systems nursing
T2 - A guide to mental health care in Hong Kong
AU - Simpson, Peggy
AU - Yeung, Frederirk Keung Kin
AU - Kwan, Alan Tsang Yat
AU - Wah, Wu Kam
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - In Hong Kong, mental health care has traditionally focused on the individual and the concept of considering the family as the unit of care is relatively new. The purpose of this article is to describe the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating a family systems nursing project in a psychiatric setting in Hong Kong. Psychiatric nurses (N = 110) participated in seminars focusing on family systems nursing concepts and individuals and families suffering from mental illness. The Calgary Family Assessment Model and the Calgary Family Intervention Model formed the framework for practice. Significant changes were found both in the nurses' critical appraisal of their clinical practice related to family systems nursing and in their reflections on the reciprocity in their nurse/family relationships. In addition, hospital-wide systems outcomes were noted. This project appears to demonstrate that a family systems nursing approach is relevant for psychiatric nurses caring for Chinese individuals and their families suffering from mental illness.
AB - In Hong Kong, mental health care has traditionally focused on the individual and the concept of considering the family as the unit of care is relatively new. The purpose of this article is to describe the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating a family systems nursing project in a psychiatric setting in Hong Kong. Psychiatric nurses (N = 110) participated in seminars focusing on family systems nursing concepts and individuals and families suffering from mental illness. The Calgary Family Assessment Model and the Calgary Family Intervention Model formed the framework for practice. Significant changes were found both in the nurses' critical appraisal of their clinical practice related to family systems nursing and in their reflections on the reciprocity in their nurse/family relationships. In addition, hospital-wide systems outcomes were noted. This project appears to demonstrate that a family systems nursing approach is relevant for psychiatric nurses caring for Chinese individuals and their families suffering from mental illness.
KW - Chinese culture
KW - Evaluation
KW - Family systems nursing
KW - Psychiatric nursing
KW - Staff development
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U2 - 10.1177/1074840706291436
DO - 10.1177/1074840706291436
M3 - Article
C2 - 16837695
AN - SCOPUS:33748121378
SN - 1074-8407
VL - 12
SP - 276
EP - 291
JO - Journal of Family Nursing
JF - Journal of Family Nursing
IS - 3
ER -
