Family Health Assessment Jessica R. Barbir Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion July 3, 2016

Established by Marjorie Gordon in 1987, Gordons functional health patterns is a tool used in collection and organization of health data of families so that an accurate authentication and communication can be established (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Gordons 11 functional health patterns are as follows; 1) values and health perception, 2) nutritional metabolic pattern, 3) sleep/ rest pattern, 4) pattern of elimination, 5) activity/ exercise, 6) cognitive-perceptual pattern, 7) self-perception/ self-concept, 8) roles and relationships, 9) sexuality-reproductive, 10) coping and tolerance pattern, and 11) beliefs. Nevertheless, by using these...