Keep it in the family
1Lambeth Community Health, Stockwell, London.
Abstract:
The article will give an insight into family nursing, a fairly new role in the UK. It aims to show the writer's role transition from being a midwife to a family nurse. Family nursing is a role that supports young parents to grow socially and emotionally while helping the parents to develop a strong bond and attachment with their children. It is a licensed, structured programme, developed over 25 years in the US. The programme goals are to improve antenatal health, child health and development, and parents' economic self-sufficiency. The writer explores factors that have assisted in the role transition: skill development, supervision, behaviour change, therapeutic relationships and parenting skills. Lessons learnt from previous midwifery roles are also addressed as paramount in the role transition.
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