Gordons Functional Health Patterns is a method develops By Marjorie Gordon in 1987 proposed functional health patterns as a guide for

establishing a comprehensive nursing data base. By using these categories its possible to create a systematic and standardized approach to data collection, and enable the nurse to determine the following aspects of health and human function: 11 Gordons Functional Health Patterns 1. Health Perception Health Management Pattern 2. Nutritional Metabolic Pattern 3. Elimination Pattern 4. Activity Exercise Pattern 5. Sleep Rest Pattern 6. Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern 7. Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern 8. Role-Relationship Pattern 9. Sexuality-Reproductive 10. Coping-Stress Tolerance Pattern 11. Value-Belief Pattern Health Perception and Health Management. Its focused on the persons perceived level of health and well-being, and on practices for maintaining health. Also evaluated Habits including smoking and alcohol or drug use.

Contamination Disturbed energy field Effective therapeutic regimen management Health-seeking behaviors (specify) Ineffective community therapeutic regimen management Ineffective family therapeutic regimen management Ineffective health maintenance Ineffective protection Ineffective therapeutic regimen management Noncompliance (ineffective Adherence) Readiness for enhanced immunization status Readiness for enhanced therapeutic regimen management Risk for contamination Risk for infection Risk for injury Risk for perioperative positioning injury Risk for poisoning Risk for sudden infant death syndrome Risk for suffocation Risk for trauma Risk-prone health behavior

Nutritional Metabolic Pattern its focused on the pattern of food and fluid consumption relative to metabolic need. Is evaluated the adequacy of local nutrient supplies. Actual or potential problems related to fluid balance, tissue integrity, and host defenses may be identified as well as problems with the gastrointestinal system.

Adult failure to thrive Deficient fluid volume: [isotonic] [Deficient fluid volume: hyper/hypotonic] Effective breastfeeding [Learning Need] Excess fluid volume Hyperthermia Hypothermia Imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements Imbalanced nutrition: risk for more than body requirements Impaired dentition Impaired oral mucous membrane Impaired skin integrity Impaired swallowing Impaired tissue integrity Ineffective breastfeeding Ineffective infant feeding pattern Ineffective thermoregulation Interrupted breastfeeding Latex allergy response Nausea Readiness for enhanced fluid balance Readiness for enhanced nutrition Risk for aspiration Risk for deficient fluid volume Risk for imbalanced fluid volume Risk for imbalanced body temperature Risk for impaired liver function Risk for impaired skin integrity Risk for latex allergy response Risk for unstable blood glucose

Elimination Pattern. Its focused on excretory patterns (bowel, bladder, skin).

Bowel incontinence Constipation Diarrhea Functional urinary incontinence Impaired urinary elimination Overflow urinary incontinence Perceived constipation

Readiness for enhanced urinary elimination, Reflex urinary incontinence Risk for constipation Risk for urge urinary incontinence Stress urinary incontinence Total urinary incontinence Urge urinary incontinence [acute/chronic] Urinary retention

Activity and Exercise Pattern. Its focused on the activities of daily living requiring energy expenditure, including self-care activities, exercise, and leisure activities.

Activity intolerance Autonomic dysreflexia Decreased cardiac output Decreased intracranial adaptive capacity Deficient diversonal activity Delayed growth and development Delayed surgical recovery Disorganized infant behavior Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response Fatigue Impaired spontaneous ventilation Impaired bed mobility Impaired gas exchange Impaired home maintenance Impaired physical mobility Impaired transfer ability Impaired walking Impaired wheelchair mobility Ineffective airway clearance Ineffective breathing pattern Ineffective tissue perfusion Readiness for enhanced organized infant behavior Readiness for enhanced self care Risk for delayed development Risk for disorganized infant behavior Risk for disproportionate growth Risk for activity intolerance Risk for autonomic dysreflexia Risk for disuse syndrome Sedentary lifestyle Self-care deficit Wandering

Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern. Its focused on the ability to comprehend and use information and on the sensory functions. Neurologic functions, Sensory experiences such as pain and altered sensory input.

Acute confusion Acute pain Chronic confusion Chronic pain Decisional conflict Deficient knowledge Disturbed sensory perception Disturbed thought processes Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome Impaired memory Readiness for enhanced comfort Readiness for enhanced decision making Readiness for enhanced knowledge Risk for acute confusion Unilateral neglect

Sleep Rest Pattern. Its focused on the persons sleep, rest, and relaxation practices. To identified dysfunctional sleep patterns, fatigue, and responses to sleep deprivation.

Insomnia Readiness for enhanced sleep Sleep deprivation

Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern its focused on the persons attitudes toward self, including identity, body image, and sense of self-worth.

Anxiety disturbed Body image Chronic low self-esteem Death anxiety Disturbed personal identity Fear Hopelessness Powerlessness Readiness for enhanced hope Readiness for enhanced power Readiness for enhanced self-concept Risk for compromised human dignity Risk for loneliness Risk for powerlessness Risk for situational low self-esteem Risk for [/actual] other-directed violence

Risk for [actual/] self-directed violence Situational low self-esteem

Role-Relationship Pattern. Its focused on the persons roles in the world and relationships with others. Evaluated Satisfaction with roles, role strain, or dysfunctional relationships.

Caregiver role strain Chronic sorrow Complicated grieving Dysfunctional family processes: alcoholism (substance abuse) Grieving Impaired social interaction Impaired verbal communication Ineffective role performance Interrupted family processes Parental role conflict Readiness for enhanced communication Readiness for enhanced family processes Readiness for enhanced parenting Relocation stress syndrome Risk for caregiver role strain Risk for complicated grieving Risk for impaired parent/infant/child attachment Risk for relocation stress syndrome Social isolation

Sexuality and Reproduction. Its focused on the persons satisfaction or dissatisfaction with sexuality patterns and reproductive functions.

Ineffective sexuality patterns Rape-trauma syndrome Sexual dysfunction

Coping-Stress Tolerance Pattern. its focused on the persons perception of stress and coping strategies Support systems, evaluated symptoms of stress, effectiveness of a persons coping strategies.

Compromised family coping Defensive coping Disabled family coping Impaired adjustment Ineffective community coping Ineffective coping Ineffective denial Post-trauma syndrome Readiness for enhanced community coping

Readiness for enhanced coping Readiness for enhanced family coping Risk for self-mutilation Risk for suicide Risk for post-trauma syndrome Self-mutilation Stress overload

Value-Belief Pattern its focused on the persons values and beliefs.

Impaired religiosity Moral distress Readiness for enhanced religiosity Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being Risk for impaired religiosity Risk for spiritual distress Spiritual distress