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NURS 509A
Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what category would you classify these cues? How does client describe patient health status | Health Perception/health mgmt |
| What is their ETOH use? | Health Perception/health mgmt |
| What is their living situation | Health Perception/health mgmt |
| What is their temperature, height and weight | Nutritional/metabolic |
| Record IV solution and site | Nutritional/metabolic |
| skin lesions? incision, dressing change? | Nutritional/metabolic |
| Blood glucose? | Nutritional/metabolic |
| condition of hair/nails | Nutritional/metabolic |
| bladder/bowel patterns. laxative use. | Elimination |
| catheter/dysuria/retention. I & O (intake and output) | elimination |
| ADLs - cooking, hygiene, shopping, eating, working | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| assistive devices | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| patterns of exercise, leisure, recreation | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| Chest Xray, Hct, Hg, pulse oximetry | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| Blood pressure, pulses, respirations | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| Blood gases, CBC, WBC | Activity/Exercise (includes oxygenation & circulation) |
| energy level | Sleep/rest |
| sleep patterns, rest, relaxation, naps. What does client do when he/she can't sleep | sleep/rest |
| Client wear glasses, contacts, hearing aids? | cognitive/perceptual |
| Does client have sense of taste, touch, smell? | cognitive/perceptual |
| What is pain perception? How are they managing pain? | cognitive/perceptual |
| Language difficulties | cognitive/perceptual |
| Problems with memory, making decisions | cognitive/perceptual |
| attitude about self, perception of abilities | self-perception |
| body posture, carriage? | self-perception |
| eye contact, voice/speech patterns | self-perception |
| What concerns pt most about illness or hospitalization | self-perception |
| what does client rely on for support | role-relationship |
| how does illness effect others | role-relationship |
| last menses? children? does illness have a possible effect on sexuality? | sexuality/reproduction |
| recent loss of life? | coping/stress |
| amount of stress? How do they respond to stress | coping/stress |
| Spirituality? Ethics? Beliefs? Truths? | value/belief |
| Work ethic, honesty, respect of elders, reliability | value/belief |
| What functional pattern describes the client's perceived pattern of health and how well it is managed? | Health-Perception/Health Management pattern-----includes current & future activities |
| Where would you classify a patient's adherence to medical/nursing care | health-perception/health management pattern |
| what pattern describes food/fluid consumption relative tometabolic need and pattern indicators of local nutrient supply | nutritional-metabolic pattern |
| condition of skin, mucous membranes | nutritional-metabolic |
| describes patterns of excretory function | elimination pattern - includes SKIN, bowel, bladder and any devised used therefor |
| includes ADLs as well as factors that interfere with desired/expected pattern such as nm deficits, dyspnea, angina, cardiac/pulmonary | activity-exercise pattern |
| describes patterns of sleep, rest, relaxation - including medications and perception of energy level | sleep-rest pattern |
| includes adequacy of sensory modes and compensation or prostheses utilized for disturbances | cognitive-perceptual pattern |
| reports of pain, how it is managed | cognitive-perceptual pattern |
| language, memory, decision making | cognitive-perceptual pattern |
| body image, identity, sense of worth, emotional pattern | self-perceptions/self-concept pattern |
| body posture, eye contact, voice pattern | self-perception/self-concept pattern |
| satisfaction at work, school | role-relationship pattern |
| disturbances in family or with friends | role-relationship pattern |
| satisfaction or disturbances in sexuality, female's reproductive stage | sexuality-reproductive pattern |
| reserve or capacity to resist challenge to self-integrity | coping-stress tolerance pattern |
| modes to handle family or other support systems | coping-stress tolerance pattern |
| patterns, goals that guide choices or decisions | value-belief pattern |
| perception as to what is important in life, quality of life | value-belief pattern |
| conflicts with respect to what is important in life, or perceived conflicts in expectations that are health related | value-belief pattern |