NursingNursing FormsGordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns

D Ladd 7-16-02

Organizing Data According to Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns Functional

Health Pattern

Pattern Describes

Examples

Health Perception/

Health Management

Client’s perceived pattern of health

and well-being and how health is

managed.

Compliance with medication regimen,

use of health-promotion activities such as

regular exercise, annual check-ups. Nutritional-Metabolic

Pattern of food and fluid

consumption relative to metabolic

need and pattern; indicators of local

nutrient supply.

Condition of skin, teeth, hair, nails,

mucous membranes; height and weight.

Elimination

Patterns of excretory function

(bowel, bladder, and skin). Includes

client’s perception of normal”

function.

Frequency of bowel movements, voiding

pattern, pain on urination, appearance of

urine and stool.

Activity – Exercise

Patterns of exercise, activity, leisure,

and recreation.

Exercise, hobbies. May include

cardiovascular and respiratory status,

mobility, and activities of daily living. Cognitive-Perceptual

Sensory-perceptual and cognitive

patterns.

Vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell, pain

perception and management; cognitive

functions such as language, memory, and

decision making. Sleep-Rest

Patterns of sleep, rest, and

relaxation.

Client’s perception of quality and quantity

of sleep and energy, sleep aids, routines

client uses. Self-Perception/

Self Concept

Client’s self-concept pattern and

perceptions of self.

Body comfort, body image, feeling state,

attitudes about self, perception of

abilities, objective data such as body

posture, eye contact, voice tone. Role-Relationship

Client’s pattern of role engagements

and relationships.DIS 2
For this question you need to have gone over the Gordons Functional Health Power Point presentation, and chart (found in the Discussion Question Reading Material folder). Once youread the documents, then look at the Pattern Assessment Practice Activity. Follow the instructions and complete the table that is shown at the bottom of the page. Save your work for your files.
Once you havecompleted the Pattern Assessment Practice Activity, you need to choose two of those functional health patterns. Then list two questions and two observations for each of those functional health patterns. To get full credit, you need to explain why you decided on those questions and observations and how they relate to the functional health pattern.You still need to use the information from the Pattern Assessment Practice Activity. So your observations must relate to that same scenario.