Gordons Functional Health

Abnormal assessment findings Gordon’s functional pattern Diagnostic label

SUBJECTIVE: Health Perception - Health → Ineffective Health
• Increased albuterol MDI Management Pattern Maintenance
use at home up to five
(5) or six (6) times a
day
• 30-pack-year history of
smoking: recently she’s
been smoking half a
pack per day to “clear
out lungs” in the
morning
OBJECTIVE:
• Chest x-ray
hyperinflation, flat
diaphragm

SUBJECTIVE: Nutritional Metabolic Pattern → Readiness for Enhanced

• Complained of getting Nutrition
full fast despite regular → Imbalanced Nutrition
diet (less than body
requirement)
SUBJECTIVE: Activity - Exercise Pattern → Ineffective Airway
• Unable to climb one Clearance
flight of stairs without → Impaired gas exchange
stopping but is able to → Activity Intolerance
walk down the flat
driveway 10 years
without difficult
• Experienced jitters and
racing heart
OBJECTIVE:
• Increased anterior-
posterior (AP) chest
diameter
• Slight use of accessory
neck muscles
• Distant breath sounds
with occasional rhonchi
• Seven (7) days prior to
admission patient
suffered from
exceptional shortness
of breath and greenish
sputum in increased
volume

SUBJECTIVE: Sleep - Rest Pattern → Disturbed Sleep Pattern

• Awakens two (2) or
three (3) times every
night from cough and
shortness of breath