GORDON’S TYPOLOGY OF 11 FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS

1. HEALTH PERCEPTION & HEALTH MANAGEMENT PATTERN

Client’s rating on her health condition as 10 being the highest/healthiest condition and 1 being the
lowest/poorest health condition.
Client rate her health condition 10 out of 10 “kay nakaon man ako hin maupay ngan siguradi ako nga healthy
ako kay waray ko man sakit tas dre ako madali masakit.” As verbalized.

2. NUTRITION AND METABOLIC PATTERN

Patient eats three times a day and sometimes eat snacks in the afternoon. She drinks 8 glasses of water a day.
She loves to eat apples, banana, vegetables and sometimes fish.

3. ELIMINATION PATTERN
Client urinates about 4times a day. She does not have any difficulty in defecating. She defecates once a day.

4. ACTIVITY – EXERCISE PATTERN

Client does household chores at home and sometimes walks as her exercise. When she takes breaks she would
take a seat

5. SLEEP AND REST PATTERN

Patient sleeps at 8pm then wakes up at 8am. She does not have any difficulty in sleeping. She sometimes takes a
nap in the afternoon for an hour if she is tired.

6. COGNITIVE AND PERCEPTUAL PATTERN

Client can understand the questions and can follow the instructions. She can also answer the questions asked to
her.

7. SELF-PERCEPTION AND SELF-CONCEPT PATTERN

Patient claims to be happy and it confident with herself, “mahusay ako, buutan ako ngan friendly” as verbalized.

8. ROLE AND RELATIONSHIP PATTERN

Patient is in _________ grade and is currently living with her husband and they have one newborn child who is a
2-day old baby girl
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9. SEXUALITY-REPRODUCTIVE PATTERN
Patient is currently sexually active and has not used any contraceptive measures so far. She and her current
partner was blessed with 1 child through normal spontaneous vaginal birth and is currently living with her
partner Mark Anthony

COPING STRESS – TOLERANCE PATTERN

“akon mga sangkay anot akon baga na kakaisturya ha kada adlaw tas hera gehap ito it nakakabulig pag pa iban hi
mga stress na akon naaabat” as verbalized. She also prays to God for guidance.

10. VALUE – BELIEF PATTERN

Client is a Roman Catholic and attends to church every Sunday. She prays after waking up and before sleeping.