I NEED THREE DIFFERENT ONES

PATTERN

DESCRIPTION

Health perception-health management pattern

Individual’s perceived health and well-being and how health is managed

Nutritional-metabolic pattern

Food and fluid consumption relative to metabolic needs and indicators of local nutrient supply

Elimination pattern

Excretory function (bowel, bladder, and skin)

Activity-exercise pattern

Exercise, activity, leisure, and recreation

Sleep-rest pattern

Sleep, rest, and relaxation

Cognitive-perceptual pattern

Sensory, perceptual, and cognitive patterns

Self-perception–self-concept pattern

Self-concept pattern and perceptions of self (body comfort, body image, and feeling state); self-conception and self-esteem

Roles-relationships pattern

Role engagements and relationships

Sexuality-reproductive pattern

Person’s satisfaction and dissatisfaction with sexuality and reproduction

Coping-stress tolerance pattern

General coping pattern and effectiveness in stress tolerance

Values-beliefs pattern

Values, beliefs (including spiritual), or goals that guide choices or decisions

Modified from Gordon, M. (2011). Manual of nursing diagnosis (12th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.