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Functional Patterns
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Functional Patterns
When developing an in-depth nursing assessment of the sick person, the functional
patterns are the basis of the nurse's series of questions. The nurse uses the questions better to
understand the sick person’s lifestyle and overall health. Additionally, the functional patterns
offer a nursing diagnosis database and format for assessment during admission. This paper aims
to discuss how functional patterns help a nurse understand the current and past state of health for
a patient. The paper further provides an example using fecal impaction, a condition associated
with elimination complexity.
Usage of Functional Patterns by Nurse
The functional health patterns aid a nurse in understanding the current and past patient's
state of health as they cover eleven categories of human and health function. The categories
entail elimination, health management, perception and cognition, health perception, metabolic
assessment and nutrition, and exercise and activity. The assessment also comprises additional
areas such as relationships and roles, rest and sleep, reproduction and sexuality, self-concept, and
self-perception. Together with stress tolerance and coping, beliefs and values are also part of the