title: Keep it in the family.
abstract: The article will give an insight into family nursing, a fairly new role in the UK. It aims to show the writer's role transition from being a midwife to a family nurse. Family nursing is a role that supports young parents to grow socially and emotionally while helping the parents to develop a strong bond and attachment with their children. It is a licensed, structured programme, developed over 25 years in the US. The programme goals are to improve antenatal health, child health and development, and parents' economic self-sufficiency. The writer explores factors that have assisted in the role transition: skill development, supervision, behaviour change, therapeutic relationships and parenting skills. Lessons learnt from previous midwifery roles are also addressed as paramount in the role transition.
authors.affiliation: Lambeth Community Health, Stockwell, London.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vika
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States