Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern: Nursing Care Plan and Patient Assessment

Summary

Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern is a way to assess a patient's health. It covers how a patient's health changes before, during and after hospitalisation. A student gets a structured approach to nursing care and patient assessment.

Assessment of health patterns

Health patterns cover perception, nutrition, elimination, activity, sleep, cognition, self-perception, roles, sexuality, coping, and values. The patient's condition is described in each of these areas. The patient's daughter is a source of information.

Nursing care plan

It is a structured way to plan care for a patient. It includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation. The plan is specific to the patient's needs and condition. It includes advice on medication, environment, exercise, treatment, health teaching, diet and spiritual care.

Discharge plan

It covers what the patient needs to do after leaving hospital. The patient is advised on medication, environment, exercise, treatment, health teaching, diet, spiritual care and follow-up appointments. The plan aims to help the patient recover and manage their health.

Key terms

Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern

A way to assess a patient's health in different areas.

Nursing care plan

A structured way to plan care for a patient.

Discharge plan

What the patient needs to do after leaving hospital.

Breath sounds

The sounds made by air moving in and out of the lungs.

Range of motion

The full movement potential of a joint, usually its range of flexion and extension.

Intake and output

The amount of fluid taken in and excreted by the body.

Questions this document helps with

• How do you assess a patient's health using Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern?
• What is included in a nursing care plan?
• What advice does a discharge plan give to a patient?

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