title: The psychosocial impact of a high-risk pregnancy on the family.
abstract: A conceptual model for guiding the nurse in assessing the psychosocial impact of a high-risk pregnancy on and planning care for the family is described. The model depicts four major concepts that the nurse must consider in determining how the family is integrating, interpreting, and adapting to the high-risk pregnancy: health status of the pregnancy, the family's perception of the high-risk pregnancy, support available to the family, and the family's adaptation to a high-risk pregnancy are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D012306:Risk; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology