CLUSTERING AND PRIORITIZATION:

GORDON’S FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF

NEEDS
PATTERNS CUES RANKING PRIORITY
Health “used to smoke but stopped five years ago” 4th LOW PRIORITY
Perception/ - has hypertension and dyslipidemia
Health - diagnosed with osteoarthritis and had several knee
Management injections
- left knee discomfort began gradually two years after the
initial incident
Has car accident resulted in a left knee injury 20 years ago
There is related knee stiffness when sitting for an extended
period of time
Her left knee X-ray revealed tricompartmental osteoarthritis
with narrowing of the medial joint space
Nutritional/ *Temperature (axillary): 37.8°C 3rd MEDIUM PRIORITY
Metabolic *Blood pressure: 130/80 mmHg
Elimination NONE
Activity/Exercise *Respiratory rate: 22 BPM 2nd MEDIUM PRIORITY
*Pulse rate: 106 BPM
- restlessness

Cognitive/ “ sakit kaayo ang tuhod ko maam” 1st HIGH PRIORITY

 Perceptual
“Mas naga sakit siya maam if mulihok ko.”
During the assessment, facial grimacing was observed,
indicating pain.
Pain Scale of 8/10
PQRST:
P(Provoking Relieving):- pain appears when moving
Q (Quality): - dull aching to sensitive in nature
R (Region and radiation): Left knee
S (Severity): Pain scale of 8/10
T (Treatment): Aleve for her pain medication
Sleep/Rest NONE
Self-Perception/ NONE
Self-concept
Role/Relationship NONE
Sexual/ NONE
Reproductive
Coping/ NONE
Stress Tolerance
Value-Belief NONE

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