COMMUNITY FAMILY RECRUITMENT GUIDE
As a student in N211 you will ask a family to become part of
our Community Family Experience. The guidelines for extending an invitation are
listed below. You may recruit a family
from these various groups of people: alumnae families, faculty friends,
relatives and neighbors, student friends, relatives friends, homemaker clubs,
and community members. You will not be assigned to the family you
recruit.
A.
Guidelines for Family Selection
1.
Family Composition: Family units should have a child and/or
children and the child(ren) may range in age form infancy through adolescence.
2.
Family Unit Style: All family unit styles are appropriate to
invite (e.g. single parents, couples living together, adopted children, foster
children, working parents, group parenting, nuclear family).
B.
Recruitment Contact
1.
Explain the Community Family Experience. Inform the
prospective family that approximately 5 visits are made during the
semester. Each visit will last about an
hour and during the visits a variety of observations and assessments will be
completed. The visits will be arranged
for the mutual convenience of the family and student. Explain to the families that the student recruiting the family
will not be the student visiting the family.
2.
Ask the family if they are interested in participating in
this experience.
3.
When the family agrees to participate, complete the Family
Referral form. Tell the family members
they may contact the nursing instructor with any questions or concerns by calling
the Nursing Office at (608) 663-2292.
4.
Give the completed referral form to your instructor. She
will keep a record of each student’s community family assignment. If negotiation for re-assignment of a family
is needed, contact your instructor.
C.
Phone Contact with your Assigned Family
1.
Plan your call to the family, making a list of notes about
what you want to discuss.
2.
Call to arrange the first home visit.
a.
Introduce yourself
b.
Tell your primary contact that the purpose of the first
visit is to learn about the family’s beliefs and perceptions about health and
health-promotion activities.
c.
Identify a mutually acceptable time and place for an
approximate hour-long visit.
d.
Ask for specific directions to the family home.
e.
Tell the family how they can reach you in case of a schedule
change or conflict.
f.
Summarize the conversation and end the contact in a
professional manner.
D.
Written Record After the Telephone Call
1.
In narrative form:
a.
Discuss your preparation for the telephone interview.
b.
Summarize your conversation and evaluate your telephone
interviewing strengths.
c.
Describe any additional topics or questions that you
addressed during the telephone contact.
d.
Discuss the following:
1.
Your feelings and reactions before, during and after your telephone
visit (reflections).
2.
What you did well and improvements you could make in your
future telephone contacts. (self-eval.)
3.
Your plan to establish rapport with the primary contact and
the family during the scheduled visits and how you will manage your feelings
and appear confident.
e.
Written record is to be submitted via email to your
instructor by the scheduled due date.
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