HEALTH ASSESMENT Jacqueline Sylver Grand Canyon University: NRS429VN 11/06/2016 Family Health Assessment A family contributes immensely to the moral, emotional spiritual and emotional values of a human being. Gordons functional health patterns are a methodology developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 to be used as a guide to establish a comprehensive nursing database (Kriegler & Harton, 1992). In the health care system, it is important for nurses to have the right tools and knowledge to be able to access individuals and promote health care among individuals and family. The purpose of this paper is to address the eleven functional patterns and how it relates to family. Gordons eleven functional health assessments are: Values/Health Perception, Nutrition, Sleep/Rest,...