12 Questions
What is the main purpose of using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns in nursing?
To guide comprehensive assessment data collection
Why does an assessment move from the general to the specific in the context of Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns?
To show a structured approach to patient care
According to Gordon, how are functional health patterns and nursing diagnoses related?
Functional health patterns represent patient interactions and nursing diagnoses help in care planning
Why does Gordon suggest that a nurse must understand all 11 health patterns?
To enable understanding of the patient's overall health
What is the term Gordon uses to describe the integration of a patient's interaction and environment in the assessment?
Biopsychosocial integration
How do Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns assist in planning nursing care?
By identifying patient strengths and weaknesses
What does the Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern category in the 11 functional health patterns evaluate?
Patient's daily/weekly pattern of food and fluid intake
Which health aspect is assessed in the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern category?
Patient’s self-report of health, well-being, and preventive practices
What is evaluated in the Sleep-Rest Pattern aspect of the 11 functional health patterns?
Patient's patterns of sleep, rest, and relaxation
Which category in the 11 functional health patterns focuses on the patient’s patterns of excretory function?
Elimination Pattern
What is assessed in the Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern category of the 11 functional health patterns?
Patient's sensory-perceptual patterns and neurological functions
In the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern, what is evaluated regarding health management?
Patient's frequency of health care provider visits
Learn about Gordon’s functional health patterns, developed by Marjorie Gordon, which guide the collection of comprehensive assessment data in nursing. Understand how these patterns help nurses determine aspects of health and human function to plan client care. Explore the systematic and standardized approach to data collection.
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