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Functional Health Patterns

Functional health patterns are crucial in conducting a comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient. The tool was developed by Marjory Gordon. There are eleven categories of functional health patterns. Among the few examples include health perception, activity, nutrition-metabolic and value-belief patterns (Khatiban et al., 2019). Functional health patterns are helpful in understanding the past and the current health of the patient. Take, for instance, nutritional-metabolic patterns. This pattern focuses on food and fluid intake relative to the metabolic needs of the patient. Based on this information, the nurse can determine the dietary habits of the patient and the actual as well as the potential health problems associated with such behaviors. A similar case applies to the activity-exercise pattern. Further, other patterns of health perception and management can be used to determine how often the patient seeks care, especially preventative care. Thus, based on all eleven functional areas, the nurse can gather enough information to determine the past and current health status of the patient (Khatiban et al., 2019).

Take the example of chronic kidney disease. The disease causes gradual loss of kidney function. Using functional health patterns, one can tell a patient at high risk of chronic kidney disease or one who has already been diagnosed with the problem. For instance, smoking and obesity are among the huge risk factors for chronic kidney disease. That means people who do not exercise, consume a healthy diet, and smoke is at high risk of chronic kidney disease (Whitney, 2018). Further, some conditions, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, are associated with the development of chronic kidney disease. Thus, proper management of these chronic conditions is important in preventing chronic kidney disease. However, if a patient does not take the medications as directed, does not exercise, or consumes a healthy diet, then they are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease. Therefore, an improvement in all the functional areas is crucial in reducing the risk of chronic kidney disease and other elimination disorders.

References

Khatiban, M., Tohidi, S., & Shahdoust, M. (2019). The effects of applying an assessment form based on the functional health patterns on nursing student's attitudes and skills in developing the nursing process. International journal of nursing sciences, 6(3), 329–333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.06.004

 Whitney, S. (2018). Elimination complexities.  https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs410v/pathophysiology-clinical-applications-for-client-health/v1.1/#/chapter/3

 

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Functional patterns play a key role in formulating a criterion for admission assessment and a documentation of the nursing process. There are two phases of functional health patterns evaluation and these are history taking and examination. Nurses should ensure that they give a description of the patient’s functional patterns in their history taking records. All the body systems should be evaluated for functionality during the admission assessment procedure. Self-perception and concept, values beliefs and stress coping mechanisms should be assessed as part of the functional pattern evaluation. These social aspects of the patient affect the quality of life and should be taken seriously when assessing the patient as they affect the healing process. The patient's nutritional metabolic, reproduction, and sexuality as well as the elimination patten all need to be assessed prior to admission, this gives the basis for an individualized care plan for the patient (Khatiban, Tohidi and Shahdoust, 2019). The elimination pattern will focus on how the patient feeds, the type of food and how the patient excretes the waste products. The reproductive and sexual patten evaluate functionality of the reproductive system such as menarche, menopause menstrual cycle and the number of children in adult patients. 

The examination phase involves a head-to-toe physical examination of all the system and how they function. The nurse should make use of all the physical examination techniques that include auscultation, palpating and examining the patient for any abnormalities. Besides examination, the nurse should also take a thorough history from the patient on the previous medication when and how the problem started; this will help in establishing a nursing diagnosis that is relevant to the patient (Whitney, 2018). Functional patten evaluation helps the health care team in establishing the correct treatment plan that will solve the patient’s health problems. 

References 

Whitney, S. (2018).Elimination Complexities. Pathophysiology Clinical application for Client Health 

https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs410v/pathophysiology-clinical-applications-for-client-health/v1.1/#/chapter/3 

 Khatiban, M., Tohidi, S., & Shahdoust, M. (2019). The effects of applying an assessment form based on the health functional patterns on nursing student's attitude and skills in developing the nursing process.  International journal of nursing sciences.  

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.06.004