自1980年起，家庭護理正式成為一新的護理範疇。其擁有獨特的知識領域及研究方向。家庭護理之知識範疇包含家庭理論、家庭治療理論、及護理理論與範疇。家庭理論提供了對家庭現象的解析基礎，家庭治療理論提供護理投施之知識基礎，護理理論與範疇提供護理專業的內涵。本文除討論家庭系統理論、家庭壓力理論、及象徵互動理論之基本論述及在臨床的實用性，亦闡述家庭評估與家庭措施的主要目的。家庭護理知識的發展宜朝向家庭護理理論的發展並落實於臨床的應用，及研究設計上須考慮理論與研究方法的一貫性。

　　　　　Since 1980s, family nursing has become a new domain in nursing discipline. The knowledge of family nursing comes from family theories, family therapy theories, and nusing theories. Family theories serve as the knowledge base of interpreting family phenomena. Family therapy theories serve as the knowledge base for family nursing interventions. Nursing theories and paradigms represent the nature of nursing. The major principles and the clinical implications of the family systems theory, family stress theories, and symbolic interactionism are illustrated. The goals of family assessment and family interventions are discussed. Recommends for further knowledge include developing family nursing theories, practicing the family theories in clinical sretting, and integrating the family perspective from the conception of the project through to the final analysis of family studies.