The Nursing of Families

Dr. Feetham has held clinical, research and leadership positions in academia, health systems (Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC), the Federal government (US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (Deputy Director and Chief of the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Analysis) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Her career has focused on health care to families and underserved populations and health policy.

PART ONE: THE FAMILY'S AGENTS: POLICY AND NURSING PART TWO: THEORY DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILIES Disciplinary Issues Related to Family Theory Development in Nursing - Ann L Whall Nursing Science in Family Care 1984-1990 - Virginia E Hayes A Theoretical Perspective of Family and Child Health Derived from King's Conceptual Framework for Nursing - Maureen A Frey A Deductive Approach to Theory Building Uncovering the Meaning of Caregiving Behaviors - Janet A Deatrick, Kathleen A Knafl and Kim Guyer Use of Inductive Approaches to Family Theory Development Family Stress Theory and the Development of Nursing Knowledge About Family Adaptation - Marilyn A McCubbin PART THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES The Contribution of Qualitative Research to the Study of Families' Experiences with Childhood Illness - Janet A Deatrick, Sandra A Faux and Carol Murphy Moore One Approach to Conceptualizing Family Response to Illness - Kathleen A Knafl et al Sampling Issues, and Recruitment and Sampling Strategies in Family Research - Helene J Moriarty and Margaret Cotroneo Scoring Family Data - Carol J Loveland-Cherry et al An Application with Families with Preterm Infants Exploratory Analysis - Suzanne Feetham, Mary Perkins and Ruth Carroll A Technique for the Analysis of Dyadic Data in Research of Families PART FOUR: PRACTICE The Non-Existence of Non-Compliant Families - Lorraine M Wright and Anne Marie C Levac The Influence of Humberto Maturana Ethical Decision-Making with Families in Crisis - Teresa A Savage et al Family Nursing Diagnosis as a Framework for Family Assessment - Robin B Thomas, Kathryn E Barnard and Georgina A Sumner Family Nursing Approach for a Clinical Ladder - Sharon Jackson Barton, Arlene M Sperhac and Sheila A Haas PART FIVE: EDUCATION Development of a Model to Guide Advanced Practice in Family Nursing - Janet A Deatrick et al Education for Family Health Care in Clinical Settings - Mary Perkins and Kathy Rigney Nursing Focus Preparing Specialists in Family Nursing - Catherine A Chesla, Catherine L Gilliss and Maribelle B Leavitt The Benefits of Live Supervision PART SIX: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Cross Cultural Family-Nurse Partnerships - Marta A Browning and Jean H Woods The Black Box in Family Assessment - Julie E Sprott Cultural Diversity Family Nursing Research - Mary M Cardwell A Feminist Critique Caregiver Stress in Families of Persons with HIV/AIDS - Marie Annette Brown The Health of Homeless Mothers and Their Children - Edna M Menke and Janet D Wagner Mothering in the Midst of Danger - Lee Smith Assessment of Rural Family Hardiness - Jeri W Dunkin, Colleen Holzwarth and Terry Stratton A Foundation for Intervention PART SEVEN: DOES FAMILY INTERVENTION MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS