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Gordon’s Pattern of Health Functioning (ADULT)

1. Health perception and health management pattern


• Tell me about your general health.
• At the rate of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how healthy are you? Why do you say so?
• What do you think are the important things to do to keep healthy?
• Do you smoke? How many packs a day/week?
• Do you drink alcohol? How many bottles per day/week?
• What is most important to you now that you are in the hospital/clinic?
• (If appropriate) What do you think caused current illness?
• What actions have you taken since symptoms started?
• Have your actions helped?
• (If appropriate) What things are most important to your health?
• How can we be most helpful?

2. Nutrition and Metabolic patters

• Tell me about your diet.


• What do you usually eat during a typical day?
• Please tell me the kinds of foods you prefer, how often you eat throughout the day and how
much you eat?
• Can you share what you eat for the last 3 days?
• Do you purchase and prepare your own meals?
• Do you have the knowledge and time to prepare the meals you want to eat?
• What fluids do you drink? (Probe about caffeinated beverages, pop, and energy drinks.)
• Tell me about your appetite. Have you had any changes in your appetite?
• Any use of supplements, vitamins?
• Do you feel any discomfort, like swallowing difficulties, diet restrictions, able to follow?
• Do you have any goals related to your nutrition?
• Do you have the knowledge and time to prepare the meals you want to eat?

3. Elimination Pattern

• How many times do you urinate per day? Approximately how many ml?
o What color is it (amber, clear, dark)?
o Have you noticed a strong odor?
o Do you experience pain when urinating?
• How often do you have a bowel movement?
o What color is it (brown, black, grey)?
o Is it hard or soft?
o Do you experience any problem when defecating like constipation or diarrhea? If so,
how do you treat it?
o Do you take laxatives or stool softeners?
• Excess perspiration? Odor problems? Body cavity drainage, suction, etc.?
4. Activity/ Exercise Pattern

• Tell me about your usual activities in a day.


• Do you have any problems sitting up, standing up or walking?
• Do you use any mobility aids/ assistive device (e.g., cane, walker, wheelchair)?
• Do you exercise everyday? What types of exercise do you do? How frequent? For how long?
• What do you do for leisure?
• Observe what level is that patient’s functional level?
o Functional Levels Code

Level 0: Full self-care


Level I: Requires use of equipment or device
Level II: Requires assistance or supervision of another person
Level III: Requires assistance or supervision of another person and equipment or device
Level IV: Is dependent and does not participate

5. Sleep- Rest Pattern

• Tell me about your sleeping routine.


• What time do you usually sleep? What time do you usually wake up?
• Do you experience any trouble falling asleep or any sleep disturbance? Dreams (nightmares),
early awakening?
• How much sleep do you get each night?
• Do you feel rested when you wake?
• What do you do before you go to bed? (e.g., use the phone, watch TV, read)
• Do you take any sleep aids?
• Do you have any rests during the day?

6. Cognitive-perceptual pattern
• Can you hear very well or do you need hearing aid?
• How is your vision, do you wear eyeglasses? Last checked? When last changed?
• Do you have any change in memory lately? Concentration?
• Is it easy or difficult for you to make decisions?
• What is the easiest way for you to learn things? Do you have any difficulty learning?
• Any discomfort? Pain? COLDSPA C – Character, O – Onset, L – Location, D – Duration, S –
Severity, P – Pattern, A - Associated factors
• How do you manage it?

7. Self-perception and self-concept pattern


• How would you describe yourself? Most of the time, do you feel good (not so good) about
yourself?
• Changes in your body or the things you can do? Are these problematic for you?
• Changes in way you feel about yourself or your body (since illness started)?
• Find things frequently make you angry? Annoyed? Fearful? Anxious? Depressed? What helps?
• Ever feel you lose hope? Not able to control things in life? What helps?
8. Role relationship pattern

• Who lives with you in your house?


• How does your relationships influence your day-to-day life? ..your health and illness?
• Who are the people that you talk to when you require support or are struggling in your life?
• Tell me about the relationships you have with your family.
• What is your role in your family?
• Tell me about the relationships you have with your friends.
• Tell me about the relationships you have with any other people.

9. Sexuality-Reproductive pattern
• Are you in a relationship?
• Are you sexually active?
• Do you use contraceptives? What contraceptives?
• If appropriate to age and situation – Sexual relationships satisfying? Changes? Problems?
• If appropriate – Use of contraceptives? Problems? Female – when did menstruation begin?
Last menstrual period (LMP)? Any menstrual problems?
• Do you plan on having children?
• If pregnant, what is the OB Score (GT-FPAL)
• Do you practice family planning? What method do you use?
• Do you have any concerns/problems about your reproductive health?

10. Coping-Stress Tolerance Pattern


• What types of things make you angry?
• What do you see as the greatest stressors in your life?
• How do you manage anger or stress?
• Any big changes in your life in the last year or two? Crisis?
• Who’s most helpful in talking things over? Available to you now?
• Tense a lot of the time? What helps? Use any medicines, drugs, alcohol?
• When (if) problems occur in your life, how do you handle them?
• Most of the time, is this way(s) successful?

11. Values-Belief Pattern


• What do you hope to accomplish in your life?
• Do you have a religious affiliation? Is this important to you? If appropriate, does this help
when difficulties arise?
• Do your spiritual beliefs give you sense of hope and comfort?
• Health beliefs/values?

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