INITIAL DATABASE FOR FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE

A. FAMILY STRUCTURE, CHARACTERISTICS AND DYNAMICS

Head of the Family: A. G.Present Address: Dolmar Golden Hills Subdivision Caloocan City

NO.(BLG.)

NAME OF FAMILY MEMBERS (PANGALAN)

RELATION TO THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY (RELASYON SA PINUNO NG PAMILYA)

AGE (EDAD)

SEX(KASARIAN)

RELIGION(RELIHIYON)

CIVIL STATUS(ESTADOSIBIL)

BIRTH PLACE

EDUCATION OCCUPATION

1 Boy Villegas

Uncle Male Roman Catholic

M Caloocan

2 Ellen Villegas

Auntie Female Roman Catholic

M Caloocan

3 Divine Villegas

Cousin Female Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

4 Virginia Villegas

Cousin Female Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

5 Merlin Villegas

Cousin Female Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

6 Benjamin Magramo

Stepfather

Male Roman Catholic

S Quezon City

7 Teresita Godoy

Mother 36 Female Roman Catholic

W Quezon City

8 Arvin Godoy

HEAD 24 Male Roman Catholic

S Quezon City

9 Ma. Teresa Godoy

Sibling 21 Female Roman Catholic

CL Quezon City

10 Jaylord Godoy

Sibling 18 Male Roman Catholic

S Quezon City

11 Vincent Godoy

Sibling 14 Male Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

12 Ken Johnson Godoy

Sibling 13 Male Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

13 Joseth Mary Godoy

Sibling 9 Female Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

14 Mark Joseph Gonzales

Brother in Law

22 Male Roman Catholic

CL Quezon City

15 Andrea Godoy

Niece Female Roman Catholic

S Caloocan

The Godoy family is a extended patriarchal family composed of 15 members. The family is headed by Mr. Arvin Godoy, 24 yrs. old who lives with his mother, siblings, stepfather, uncle, auntie, cousins, brother in law and niece. The family is currently residing at Dolmar Golden Hills Subdivision Caloocan City. The primary dialect spoken inside and outside their house is Tagalog. They lived in that house for more than 10 years now. They said that they own the house but they didn’t own the lot. They don’t know who owns the lot.

Mark Joseph and Maria Teresa practice the common law for 5 years now. Both of them love and respect each other. Both come from traditional families where the husband is the dominant authority figure and the parents are accorded unquestioned respect and obedience. However, on major matters affecting the family welfare, both of them make joint decisions. Major money matters, belong to Mark Joseph while routine household and minor health matters are left to the discretion of Maria Teresa. Ma’am Teresita, Maria Teresa’s widowed mother, along with her new spouse and 5 other children, stay with the family. She helps run the household and take care of the children.

The family established a smooth relationship with each other and the client and her husband spent lots of time dealing with their daughter. The members of the family have an open communication with each other. The client has pointed out some usual problems that arise in the family such as money and the attitude of her husband. The client said that she often pray or cry in her room whenever she encounter a big problem in their family.

B. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

No. Name of household members

Age Religious Denomination

Highest Educational Attainment

Educational status

Occupation

Place of Work

Occupational Status

Basic necessities

Income

1 Mark Joseph Gonzales

22 C EU SS Globeline Cable operator

Pampanga

E Food Php. 275/day

2 Ma. Teresa Godoy

21 C HU SS Housewife

N/A N/A Food N/A

The father is the breadwinner in the family and is currently working in different areas in the region as a globeline cable operator. He is earning 275 pesos per day and is working for 3 days in a week. The mother, on

the other hand is a plain housewife who takes care of their children and do all the household chores. She is also the one who budgets their expenses for a week and a lot most of their money for foods. Other expenditures would be for water bill which cost 150 pesos per week and some for their clothing. They don’t have electricity in their house and instead, they use candle as a source of their light. Our client says that sometimes, they experienced problem on financial matters especially for their food expenses and it is her duty to budget their money for their weekly expenses but when they are really in need, they ask help from his neighbors.

Our client is had finished her Grade 5 and considered as an elementary undergraduate while her husband is a highschool undergraduate. Both of them didn’t continue their studies. All of the members of the household are Roman Catholic. The family relates well with their neighbors and is actively involved in community. When there are programs launched by the community, they cooperate well and sometimes join some activities of the barangay. One of the most frequent programs that they are utilizing is the health care benefits of their barangay.