NURS 6650 Assignment Hernandez Family Assessment
NURS 6650 Assignment Hernandez Family Assessment
Assessment
is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although
families often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the
assessment process will help you better understand family roles and determine
whether the identified problem client is in fact the root of the family’s
issues. As you examine the Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-6 videos in this week’s
Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat the client family.
Learning
Objectives
Students
will:
Assess
client families presenting for psychotherapy
To prepare:
Review this
week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on family
assessment.
View the
Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-6 videos, and consider how you might assess the
family in the case study.
Note: For
guidance on writing a comprehensive client assessment, refer to pages 137–142
of Wheeler (2014) in this week’s Learning Resources.
The
Assignment
Address in
a comprehensive client assessment of the Hernandez family the following:
Demographic
information
Presenting
problem
History or
present illness
Past
psychiatric history
Medical
history
Substance
use history
Developmental
history
Family
psychiatric history
Psychosocial
history
History of
abuse and/or trauma
Review of
systems
Physical
assessment
Mental
status exam
Differential
diagnosis
Case
formulation
Treatment
plan
Note: Any
item you are unable to address from the video should be marked “needs to be
added to” as you would in an actual comprehensive client assessment
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