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Gordons 11 Functional Patterns Questions

This document outlines Gordon's 11 Functional Patterns which provide a framework for assessing an individual's functioning. The patterns include health perception and management, nutritional-metabolic, elimination, activity and exercise, sleep and rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception and self-concept, role-relationship, sexuality-reproductive, coping and stress tolerance, and values and beliefs. Each pattern includes 2-3 questions to guide an assessment of that functional area.

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Gordons 11 Functional Patterns Questions

This document outlines Gordon's 11 Functional Patterns which provide a framework for assessing an individual's functioning. The patterns include health perception and management, nutritional-metabolic, elimination, activity and exercise, sleep and rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception and self-concept, role-relationship, sexuality-reproductive, coping and stress tolerance, and values and beliefs. Each pattern includes 2-3 questions to guide an assessment of that functional area.

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TOPIC : Gordon's 11 Functional Patterns PATTERN OF SLEEP & REST

PATTERN OF HEALTH PERCEPTION & HEALTH Describe this person's sleep-wake cycle.
MANAGEMENT
Does this person appear physically rested and
relaxed?
How does the person describe her/ his current
health? PATTERN OF SELF PERCEPTION & SELF CONCEPT
What does the person do to improve or maintain
her/ his health?
What does the person know about links between
Is there anything unusual about this person's
appearance?
lifestyle choices and health?
How big a problem is financing health care for
Does this person seem comfortable with her/ his
appearance?
this person?
Can this person report the names of current
Describe this person's feeling state?
medications s/he is taking and their purpose?
If this person has allergies, what does s/he do to ROLE - RELATIONSHIP PATTERN
prevent problems?
What does this person know about medical How does this person describe her/ his various
problems in the family? roles in life?
Have there been any important illnesses or Has, or does this person now have positive role
injuries in this person's life? models for these roles?
Which relationships are most important to this
NUTRITIONAL - METABOLIC PATTERN person at present?
Is this person currently going though any big
Is the person well nourished? changes in role or relationship? What are they?

How do the person's food choices compare with


recommended food intake? SEXUALITY - REPRODUCTIVE PATTERN
Does the person have any disease that effects
nutritional- metabolic function? Is this person satisfied with her/ his situation
related to sexuality?
PATTERN OF ELIMINATION How have the person's plans and experience
matched regarding having children?

Are the person's excretory functions within the


Does this person have any disease/ dysfunction of
the reproductive system?
normal range?
Does the person have any disease of the digestive
system, urinary system or skin? PATTERN OF COPING & STRESS TOLERANCE

PATTERN OF ACTIVITY & EXERCISE How does this person usually cope with
problems?

How does the person describe her/ his weekly


Do these actions help or make things worse?
pattern of activity and leisure, exercise and Has this person had any treatment for emotional
recreation? distress?
Does the person have any disease that effects her/
his cardio-respiratory system or musclo-skeletal PATTERN OF VALUES & BELIEFS
system?

What principals did this person learn as a child


COGNITIVE - PERCEPTUAL PATTERN that are still important to her/ him?
Does this person identify with any cultural, ethnic,
Does the person have any sensory deficits? Are religious, regional,or other groups?
they corrected? What support systems does this person currently
Can this person express her/ himself clearly and have?
logically?
How educated is this person?
Does the person have any disease that effects
mental or sensory functions?
If this person has pain, describe it and it's causes.

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