Gordon’s functional health patterns

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Introduction

Gordon’s functional health patterns is developed by Marjory Gordon. It is a method used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient.
Taxonomy II of NANDA Nursing Diagnosis classification is based on Gordon’s functional health patterns.
Gordon’s functional health patterns include 11 categories which is a systematic and standardized approach to data collection.

List of Gordon’s functional health patterns:

  1. Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
    • Describes client’s perceived pattern of health and well being and how health is managed.
  2. Nutritional – Metabolic Pattern
    • Describes pattern of food and fluid consumption relative to metabolic need and pattern indicators of local nutrient supply.
  3. Elimination Pattern
    • Describes pattern of excretory function (bowel, bladder, and s
  4. Activity – Exercise Pattern
    • Describes pattern of exercise, activity, leisure, and recreation.
  5. Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
    • Describes sensory, perceptual, and cognitive pattern
  6. Sleep – Rest Pattern
    • Describes patterns of sleep, rest, and relaxation.
  7. Self-perception – Self-concept Pattern
    • Describes self-concept and perceptions of self (body comfory, image, feeling state)
  8. Role – Relationship Pattern
    • Describes pattern of role engagements and relationships.
  9. Sexuality – Reproductive Pattern
    • Describes client’s pattern of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with sexuality pattern,
    • Describes reproductive patterns.
  10. Coping – Stress Tolerance Pattern
    • Describes general coping patterns and effectiveness of the pattern in terms of stress tolerance.
  11. Value – Belief Pattern
    • Describes pattern of values and beliefs, including spiritual and /or goals that guide choices or decisions.

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