Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Assessment

1. Health Perception Health Management

Before hospitalization:
The patient had regular vitamins and exercises through playing. She received vaccines
right on the given time.

During hospitalization:
The patient takes her medications as prescribed. She exercises through playing.

2. Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient has no known allergies. She eats very well – breastfeed, complementary
foods.

During hospitalization:
The patient had a decreased appetite and only feeds through breastfeeding.

3. Elimination Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient had a normal urinary elimination with diaper changed, 3 times per day. Her
fecal elimination happens only 2 times a week.

During hospitalization:
The patient has normal urinary elimination but her diaper is changed only 2 times per
day. At the start of her hospitalization, she had fecal elimination regularly, but after a
while it turns back again to 2 times per week.

4. Activity-Exercise Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient plays with her friends with maximum energy.

During hospitalization:
The patient plays but at a minimal level due to hospital conditions.

5. Sleep-Rest Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient had enough of sleep everyday, with two naps, one in the morning and
second on the afternoon, and sleep at the evening.

During hospitalization:
The patient had a disturbed sleep pattern due to hospital conditions. The patient became
a light sleeper and wakes up when she hears her surname being called.

6. Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient can see, hear, and smell clearly. She communicates well with her parents
with words and sounds that she can do. She remembers faces of her relatives and
playmates very well.
 During hospitalization:
The patient can still see, hear, and smell clearly. She still communicates well with her
parents with words and sounds that she can do. She also still remembers faces of her
relatives and playmates very well.

7. Self-Perception – Self-Concept Pattern

Before hospitalization:
The patient had a good posture, maintains eye contact when relaxed, and had a normal
tone of when speaking or making sounds.

During hospitalization:
The patient still has a good posture but rarely maintains eye contact with healthcare
providers. She still has a normal tone of voice.

8. Roles-Relationship Pattern
Before hospitalization:
The patient has a good relationship with her family and playmates and socializes well
with others.

During hospitalization:
The patient still has a good relationship with her family and playmates and socializes
well with others except healthcare providers.

9. Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern
Before hospitalization:
N/A

During hospitalization:
N/A

10. Coping-Stress Tolerance Pattern

Before hospitalization:
The patient cries when she’s not able to play or when hungry. It is managed through
feeding her and giving her a toy.

During hospitalization:
The patient still cries over hunger and insufficient play and it is still managed through
feeding her and giving her a toy.

11. Values-Beliefs Pattern

Before hospitalization:
The patient is brought by her family to church every Sabbath day.

After hospitalization:
Due to hospitalization, the patient can’t be brought to church on Sabbath.