Functional Health Patterns: Study Guide on Patient Health Assessment

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Health Medicine Nursing 7 pages $7
Page 1 shows the heading 'Functional Health Patterns (Gordon’s)' and a section on Health Perception and Health Management Pattern.
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This document describes a patient’s health patterns before and during hospitalization, covering health perception, nutrition, elimination, activity, and sleep. It helps students understand and assess patients’ functional health patterns.

What's inside

  • Health Perception and Health Management Pattern
  • Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern
  • Elimination Pattern
  • Activity-Exercise Pattern
  • Sleep Rest Pattern

Who it is for: Students of nursing, medicine or health science. (Undergraduate)

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Summary

Functional health patterns are a way to assess a patient's health. Students learn how to evaluate a patient's health perception, nutritional habits, elimination, activity, relationships and sexuality.

Health Perception and Management

Health perception and management involve how a person understands their health and takes action to stay healthy. The document describes a patient's daily habits and health beliefs before and during hospitalization.

Nutritional and Metabolic Patterns

Nutritional and metabolic patterns refer to a person's eating habits and how their body processes food. The document discusses a patient's diet and fluid intake before and during hospitalization.

Elimination Patterns

Elimination patterns involve how a person's body removes waste. The document explains normal bladder and bowel functions and describes a patient's elimination habits before hospitalization.

Activity and Exercise Patterns

Activity and exercise patterns refer to a person's daily activities and physical exercise. The document outlines a patient's daily routine and activity level before and during hospitalization.

Key terms

Health behavior
Actions people take to understand and maintain their health.
Peristalsis
Muscular contractions that move food through the intestines.
Sedentary lifestyle
A lifestyle with little physical activity.
Stressors
Factors that cause stress, such as illness.
Sexuality
How a person expresses their sexual self.
Health beliefs
Personal beliefs about what causes health and illness.

Questions this document helps with

  • What are functional health patterns?
  • How do daily habits affect health?
  • What is a normal elimination pattern?

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