Think of a loved one, a client or patient that you have cared for at work, or a patient case that you worked with.  How might working assignments using Cluster the data based on Gordon's Functional Health patterns and label the clusters may have helped you provide nursing care to this person?  

 

Answer:

The list for Gordons Functional health patterns for a patient may be suffering from an example of incursion includes:

1. Health perception- the client perceives the health pattern and well being and how health is managed . this may includes compliance with medication and use of health promotion activities such as

2. nutritional metabolic- this is the sequence of food and fluid intake and consumptions in relation to metabolic need and nutrient supply. can includes weight and height, condition of the hair and the skin

3. elimination- this is sequence of execratory function the bowel, the skin and the bladder. example is the frequency of bowel movement, pain or appearance of the urine and the stool

4. activity and the exercise- describes the pattern of leisure, hobbies recreation and exercise. may include checking on the cardiovascular and rspiratory status and how daily activities are being done

5. cognitive and perceptual pattern. may includes checking on vision, memory, hearing, taste. touch smell or even the pain perception

6. sleep and rest - the sequence of relaxing and sleep. may includes client perception to quality and amount of sleep

7. self perception and concept - gives description of self concept and how one see self. includes body comfort image, attitude, body posture and the feeling state.

8. role- the relationship pattern it may includes the perception of major roles and responsibilities such as father - son relationship, husband - wife,

9. sexuality- reproductive- checking on the sequence of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with matters of sexuality,. checking on the number of histories in pregnancies' and child birth, difficulty in sexual functioning and the sexual relationship

10 coping - the stress tolerance pattern- checking on how effective in handling stress. check on the client usual manner of handling stress and the available stress support system and how to control or manage stress situation

11. value - belief pattern - describes the values and the beliefs including the religion choices. checking on the goals as they guide decisions. examples includes spiritual practices , value- belief conflicts relation to health.

REFERENCES

Türen, S., & Enç, N. (2020). A comparison of Gordon's functional health patterns model and standard nursing care in symptomatic heart failure patients: A randomized controlled trial. Applied Nursing Research, 151247.

Karaca, T. (2016). Functional Health Patterns Model-A Case Study. Case Studies Journal ISSN (2305-509X) Volume, 5.