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Godon's Functional Health Patterns

Gordon's functional health patterns is a nursing assessment method developed by Marjory Gordon that includes 11 categories to comprehensively evaluate patients. The categories systematically assess patients' health perception, nutrition, elimination, activity, cognitive, sleep, self-perception, role relationships, sexuality and reproduction, coping and stress tolerance, and values and beliefs. Taxonomy II of NANDA nursing diagnoses is based on Gordon's functional health patterns approach.

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Godon's Functional Health Patterns

Gordon's functional health patterns is a nursing assessment method developed by Marjory Gordon that includes 11 categories to comprehensively evaluate patients. The categories systematically assess patients' health perception, nutrition, elimination, activity, cognitive, sleep, self-perception, role relationships, sexuality and reproduction, coping and stress tolerance, and values and beliefs. Taxonomy II of NANDA nursing diagnoses is based on Gordon's functional health patterns approach.

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Introduction

Gordon’s functional health patterns is developed by Marjory Gordon. It is a


method used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive
nursing assessment of the patient.

Taxonomy II of NANDA Nursing Diagnosis classification is based on Gordon’s


functional health patterns.

Gordon’s functional health patterns include 11 categories which is a


systematic and standardized approach to data collection.

List of Gordon’s functional health patterns:


1. Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
o Describes client’s perceived pattern of health and well-being
and how health is managed.
2. Nutritional – Metabolic Pattern
o Describes pattern of food and fluid consumption relative to
metabolic need and pattern indicators of local nutrient supply.
3. Elimination Pattern
o Describes pattern of excretory function (bowel, bladder, and s
4. Activity – Exercise Pattern
o Describes pattern of exercise, activity, leisure, and recreation.
5. Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
o Describes sensory, perceptual, and cognitive pattern
6. Sleep – Rest Pattern
o Describes patterns of sleep, rest, and relaxation.
7. Self-perception – Self-concept Pattern
o Describes self-concept and perceptions of self (body comfory,
image, feeling state)
8. Role – Relationship Pattern
o Describes pattern of role engagements and relationships.
9. Sexuality – Reproductive Pattern
o Describes client’s pattern of satisfaction and dissatisfaction
with sexuality pattern,
o Describes reproductive patterns.
10. Coping – Stress Tolerance Pattern
o Describes general coping patterns and effectiveness of the
pattern in terms of stress tolerance.
11. Value – Belief Pattern
o Describes pattern of values and beliefs, including spiritual
and /or goals that guide choices or decisions.

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