Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview -- Evolution of the Nursing of Families -- Nursing Practice Levels With Families: Generalist and Specialist -- Calgary Family Assessment Model: An Integrated Framework -- Indications and Contraindications for a Family Assessment -- Calgary Family Intervention Model: An Organizing Framework -- Nursing Interventions: A General Discussion -- Nursing Interventions for Families: A Specific Discussion. Indications and Contraindications for Family Interventions -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models -- Postmodernism -- Systems Theory -- Cybernetics -- Communication Theory -- Change Theory -- Biology of Cognition -- Chapter 3: The Calgary Family Assessment Model -- Structural Assessment -- Developmental Assessment -- Functional Assessment -- Chapter 4: The Calgary Family Intervention Model -- Definition and Description -- Interventive Questions -- Interventions to Change the Cognitive Domain of Family Functioning Interventions to Change the Affective Domain of Family Functioning -- Interventions to Change the Behavioral Domain of Family Functioning -- Clinical Examples -- Chapter 5: Family Nursing Interviews: Stages and Skills -- Evolving Stages of Family Nursing Interviews -- Types of Skills -- Family Nursing Education -- Chapter 6: How To Prepare for Family Interviews -- Ideas About the Nurse-Family Relationship -- Hypothesizing -- Interview Settings -- Who Will Be Present -- First Contact With the Family -- Resistance and Noncompliance -- Chapter 7: How To Conduct Family Interviews Guidelines for Family Interviews -- Clinical Example -- Chapter 8: How To Use Questions in Family Interviewing -- Questions in Context -- Chapter 9: How To Do a 15-Minute (or Shorter) Family Interview -- Key Ingredients -- Chapter 10: How To Move Beyond Basic Family Nursing Skills -- Family Nursing Skills in Context -- Beyond Basic Skills -- Clinical Example 1: Interviewing Families of Older Adults at Time of Transition -- Clinical Example 2: Interviewing an Individual to Gain a Family Perspective on Chronic Illness -- Chapter 11: How To Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing Error 1: Failing to Create a Context for Change -- Error 2: Taking Sides -- Error 3: Giving Too Much Advice Prematurely -- Chapter 12: How To Terminate With Families -- Decision to Terminate -- Phasing Out and Concluding Treatment -- Referral to Other Professionals -- Chapter 13: Pulling It All Together -- Case Example: The O'Shanell Family -- Engagement -- Assessment -- Intervention -- Termination -- Summary -- References -- Index