Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns

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What is the main purpose of using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns in nursing?

  • To conduct scientific research in the field of nursing
  • To establish pharmaceutical guidelines
  • To guide comprehensive assessment data collection (correct)
  • To provide treatment directly to patients

Why does an assessment move from the general to the specific in the context of Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns?

  • To prioritize treatment over assessment
  • To confuse healthcare providers
  • To avoid addressing patient strengths
  • To show a structured approach to patient care (correct)

According to Gordon, how are functional health patterns and nursing diagnoses related?

  • They provide information for pharmaceutical research
  • They are completely unrelated
  • Functional health patterns represent patient interactions and nursing diagnoses help in care planning (correct)
  • Functional health patterns are patient strengths, and nursing diagnoses are patient weaknesses

Why does Gordon suggest that a nurse must understand all 11 health patterns?

<p>To enable understanding of the patient's overall health (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term Gordon uses to describe the integration of a patient's interaction and environment in the assessment?

<p>Biopsychosocial integration (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns assist in planning nursing care?

<p>By identifying patient strengths and weaknesses (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern category in the 11 functional health patterns evaluate?

<p>Patient's daily/weekly pattern of food and fluid intake (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which health aspect is assessed in the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern category?

<p>Patient’s self-report of health, well-being, and preventive practices (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is evaluated in the Sleep-Rest Pattern aspect of the 11 functional health patterns?

<p>Patient's patterns of sleep, rest, and relaxation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which category in the 11 functional health patterns focuses on the patient’s patterns of excretory function?

<p>Elimination Pattern (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is assessed in the Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern category of the 11 functional health patterns?

<p>Patient's sensory-perceptual patterns and neurological functions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern, what is evaluated regarding health management?

<p>Patient's frequency of health care provider visits (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Gordon's Functional Health Patterns in Nursing

  • Purpose of Gordon's Functional Health Patterns: Provides a standardized framework for assessing a patient's overall health by exploring 11 functional health patterns.
  • Assessment Progression: Moving from general to specific allows nurses to gain a comprehensive understanding of the patient's health status.
  • Relationship between Functional Health Patterns and Nursing Diagnoses: Functional health patterns help identify nursing diagnoses, providing a roadmap for developing individualized care plans.
  • Importance of Understanding All 11 Patterns: Understanding all patterns allows nurses to identify potential health problems, evaluate the patient's holistic well-being, and plan comprehensive care.
  • Integration of Patient and Environment: "Interaction with the environment" is the term used to describe the connection between a patient's health and their surroundings.
  • Planning Nursing Care: Functional health patterns facilitate the development of individualized nursing care plans based on specific patient needs.
  • Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: Evaluates nutritional intake, metabolic processes, and the patient's weight management practices.
  • Health Perception-Health Management Pattern: Assesses the patient's perception of their health status and their practices for managing their health.
  • Sleep-Rest Pattern: Evaluates the patient's sleep patterns, rest habits, and sleep quality.
  • Elimination Pattern: Focuses on the patient's patterns of bowel and bladder function.
  • Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Assesses the patient's mental state, cognitive abilities, and sensory perception.
  • Health Management Practices: In the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern, assessment includes the patient's adherence to prescribed medications, healthcare services utilization, and self-care practices.

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