Marjory Gordon's Functional Health Patterns Quiz

Marjory Gordon's Functional Health Patterns

• Marjory Gordon is a nursing theorist who developed a method for comprehensive nursing assessment, known as Functional Health Patterns.
• Functional Health Patterns are based on 11 categories, providing a systemic and standardized approach to data collection.

11 Health Patterns

• Health Perception - Health Management Pattern

  • Refers to an individual's view of their health status and health practices used to maintain health.
  • Examples: how often do you seek medical intervention when faced with medical problems?

• Nutritional - Metabolic Pattern

  • Refers to the impact of nutrition and metabolic processes on an individual's health.
  • Examples: dietary habits, including food and fluid intake.
  • Questions: how many glasses of water do you take in a day?

• Elimination Pattern

  • Evaluates the functionality and pattern of elimination of substances ingested by the individual.
  • Refers to the gastrointestinal and renal systems.
  • Questions: do you experience any pain or discomfort while relieving yourself?

• Activity Exercise Pattern

  • Refers to the impact of exercising or activities on an individual's health.
  • Examples: daily activities that require energy, improving endurance, appearance, and general health.
  • Questions: do you normally practice in the morning?

• Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern

  • Divided into sensory perception patterns and cognitive patterns.
  • Sensory perception pattern includes common senses (hearing, seeing, smell, taste, touch).
  • Cognitive pattern refers to an individual's knowledge and ability to decipher knowledge.
  • Questions: do you have any problems expressing your thoughts and ideas?

• Sleep-Rest Pattern

  • Refers to the importance of sleep or rest for rejuvenation and health.
  • Factors affecting sleep pattern include availability of free time.
  • Questions: Do you have ample time to rest or is your rest distributed by certain factors?

• Self-Perception - Self-Concept Pattern

  • Refers to an individual's self-worth, personal identity, and feelings.
  • Also known as self-esteem or self-concept.
  • Questions: are you so much concerned about other people's perception of you?

• Role Relationship Pattern

  • Refers to the relationships an individual has and the roles they play in those relationships.
  • Evaluates the level of satisfaction derived from relationships.
  • Questions: what kind of social groups are you involved in?

• Sexuality Reproductive Pattern

  • Refers to an individual's sexual identity, sexual activity, and relations.
  • Evaluates the level of satisfaction from sexual patterns and reproduction.
  • Questions: do you normally get satisfaction from engaging in sex with your partner?

• Coping - Stress Tolerance Pattern

  • Refers to an individual's ability to cope with stress and depression.
  • Evaluates the impact of stress on an individual's health.
  • Questions: how do you view life?

• Value-Belief Pattern

  • Refers to an individual's philosophical beliefs and values.
  • Not fully described in the text.

Test your knowledge on Marjory Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, a method used by nurses to provide comprehensive nursing assessments. Learn about the 11 categories included in Gordon's approach and their significance in nursing diagnosis classification.