Question

HEALTH PROMOTION CLASS

1.From the Pender reading p.82), what are Gordon's focus areas of functional health?

2.How do nurses utilize those functional health patterns across the lifespan?

3.How do they impact the nursing diagnosis

Answer 1

ANSWER 1) Gordon's functional health pattern is a methode devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient. The focus area of Gordon's functional health pattern are:

• Nutritional intake related to metabolic need.
• Elimination explaining function of bowel, bladder and skin.
• Activity and Exercise
• Sleep and rest pattern.
• Cognitive and perceptual ability of an individual to understand and follow instructions, retain informations, make decisions and solve problems.
• Self perception/ self concept
• Roles and relationships
• Sexual reproduction
• Coping- stress tolerance
• Value and belief pattern

ANSWER 2) Patients health is believed to be influenced by biological, developmental,social, cultural and spiritual factors. As Gordan's functional health pattern considers all of these factors, it will provide nurses utilizing it with a comprehensive assessment of patients health. It will help nurses to obtain an adequate subjective and objective data and to focus on physical,mental and spiritual needs of the patient. This pattern can be used in patients of all ages and in all areas of speciality. It provides a systematic and standardized approach to data collection and enable nurses to determine many aspects of health.

ANSWER 3) The nursing diagnosis depends on the adequate collection of the subjective and objective data pertaining to their physical, mental,emotional, develeopmental,social, cultural and spiritual needs of the individuals. The data collected helps nurses to frame diagnosis and set priorities in care. The Gordon's functional health pattern helps the nurses to obtain a data regarding various aspects of health of the individuals and to identify their needs. This in turn provides platform for the nurses to frame nursing diagnosis accordingly.