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What is the main purpose of using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns in nursing?
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?
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?
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?
Why does Gordon suggest that a nurse must understand all 11 health patterns?
What is the term Gordon uses to describe the integration of a patient's interaction and environment in the assessment?
What is the term Gordon uses to describe the integration of a patient's interaction and environment in the assessment?
How do Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns assist in planning nursing care?
How do Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns assist in planning nursing care?
What does the Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern category in the 11 functional health patterns evaluate?
What does the Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern category in the 11 functional health patterns evaluate?
Which health aspect is assessed in the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern category?
Which health aspect is assessed in the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern category?
What is evaluated in the Sleep-Rest Pattern aspect of the 11 functional health patterns?
What is evaluated in the Sleep-Rest Pattern aspect of the 11 functional health patterns?
Which category in the 11 functional health patterns focuses on the patient’s patterns of excretory function?
Which category in the 11 functional health patterns focuses on the patient’s patterns of excretory function?
What is assessed in the Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern category of the 11 functional health patterns?
What is assessed in the Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern category of the 11 functional health patterns?
In the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern, what is evaluated regarding health management?
In the Health Perception-Health Management Pattern, what is evaluated regarding health management?
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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Description
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.
