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HEALTH PERCEPTION—
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
PATTERN

Death Syndrome, risk for
Sudden Infant
Energy Field Disturbance
Environmental Interpretation Syndrome, impaired
Falls, risk for
Health Maintenance, ineffective
Health-Seeking Behaviors (specify)
Infection, risk for
Injury (trauma), risk for
Latex Allergy
Latex Allergy, risk for
Noncompliance (specify)
Perioperative Positioning Injury, risk for
Poisoning, risk for
Protection, ineffective
Recovery, Delayed Surgical
Suffocation, risk for
Suicide, risk for
Therapeutic Regimen: effective management
Therapeutic Regimen: ineffective management
Therapeutic Regimen management: readiness for enhanced
Therapeutic Regimen: Family, ineffective management
Therapeutic Regimen: Community, ineffective management
Trauma, risk for
Wandering (specify sporadic or continual)

NUTRITIONAL­­—
METABOLIC
PATTERN

Aspiration, risk for
Body Temperature, imbalanced, risk for
Breastfeeding, effective
Breastfeeding, ineffective
Breastfeeding, interrupted
Dentition, impaired
Failure to thrive, adult
Fluid Balance, readiness for enhanced
Fluid Volume, risk for deficient
Fluid Volume Deficient [active loss]

Fluid Volume Deficit [regulatory failure]
Fluid Volume Deficit, risk for
Fluid Volume Excess
Fluid Volume Imbalance, risk for
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Infant Feeding Pattern, ineffective
Latex Allergy Response
Latex Allergy Response, risk for
Nausea
Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirements
Nutrition: imbalanced, more than body requirements
Nutrition: imbalanced, risk for more than body requirements
Nutrition: readiness for enhanced Oral Mucous Membrane, impaired
Skin Integrity, impaired
Skin Integrity, impaired, risk for
Swallowing, impaired
Thermoregulation, ineffective
Tissue Integrity, impaired

ELIMINATION PATTERN

Bowel Incontinence
Constipation
Constipation, perceived
Constipation, risk for
Diarrhea
Failure to Thrive, Adult
Growth, risk for altered
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Incontinence, functional
Incontinence, reflex
Incontinence, stress
Incontinence, total
Incontinence, urge
Urinary Elimination, impaired
Urinary Elimination, readiness for enhanced
Urinary Retention [acute/chronic]
Urinary Urge Incontinence, risk for

ACTIVITY—EXERCISE
PATTERN

Activity Intolerance [specify level]
Activity Intolerance, risk for
Adaptive Capacity, decreased, intracranial

Airway Clearance, ineffective
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic Dysreflexia, risk for
Bed Mobility, impaired
Breathing Pattern, ineffective
Cardiac Output, decreased
Development, Altered, risk for
Development, risk for delayed
Disorganized Infant Behavior
Disorganized Infant Behavior, risk for
Disuse Syndrome, risk for
Diversional Activity Deficient
Dysfunctional Ventilatory Weaning Response
Dysreflexia
Dysreflexia, Autonomic, risk for
Enhanced Organized Infant Behavior, potential for
Fatigue
Gas Exchange, impaired
Growth and Development, altered
Growth and Development, delayed
Growth, risk for disproportionate
Home Maintenance, impaired
Home Maintenance Management, impaired
Infant Behavior, disorganized
Infant Behavior, readiness for enhanced organized
Infant Behavior, risk for disorganized
Injury, Preoperative Positioning, risk for
Mobility, Bed, impaired
Mobility, Wheelchair, impaired
Peripheral Neurovascular Dysfunction, risk for
Physical Mobility, impaired
Self-Care Deficit [specify level]: feeding, bathing/hygiene, dressing/grooming, toileting
Spontaneous Ventilation, inability to sustain
Surgical Recovery, delayed
Tissue Perfusion, altered (specify): cerebral, cardiopulmonary, renal, gastrointestinal, peripheral
Transfer ability, impaired
Ventilation, impaired spontaneous

Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns | Pages 2701 - 2703

Ventilatory Weaning Response, dysfunctional (DVWR)
Walking, impaired
Wandering
Wheelchair Mobility, impaired
Wheelchair Transfer Ability, impaired

SLEEP—REST PATTERN

Sleep, readiness for enhanced
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Pattern Disturbance

COGNITIVE—
PERCEPTUAL PATTERN

Adaptive Capacity: intracranial, decreased
Confusion, acute
Confusion, chronic
Decisional Conflict
Environmental Interpretation Syndrome, impaired
Knowledge, readiness for enhanced
Knowledge Deficit [learning need] (specify)
Memory, impaired
Pain
Pain, acute
Pain, chronic
Sensory/Perceptual Alterations (specify): visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, tactile, olfactory
Thought Processes, altered
Thought Processes, disturbed
Unilateral Neglect

SELF-PERCEPTION—
SELF-CONCEPT PATTERN
Anxiety [Mild, Moderate, Severe, Panic]
Anxiety, death
Body Image Disturbance
Fear
Hopelessness
Loneliness, risk for
Personal Identity Disturbance
Powerlessness

Powerlessness, risk for
Self-Concept, readiness for enhanced
Self-Esteem, chronic low
Self-Esteem Disturbance
Self-Esteem, situational low
Self-Esteem, situational low, risk for
Self-Mutilation
Self-Mutilation, risk for
Violence, self-directed, risk for

ROLE—RELATIONSHIP
PATTERN

Caregiver Role Strain
Caregiver Role Strain, risk for
Communication, impaired, verbal
Communication, readiness for enhanced
Family process, altered: alcoholism [substance abuse]
Family processes, altered
Family processes, interrupted
Family processes, readiness for enhanced
Grieving, anticipatory
Grieving, dysfunctional
Parental Role Conflict
Parent/Infant/Child
Attachment, altered, risk for
Parenting, altered
Parenting, altered, risk for
Parenting, impaired
Relocation Stress Syndrome
Relocation Stress Syndrome, risk for
Role Performance, altered
Role Performance, ineffective
Social Interaction, impaired
Social Isolation
Sorrow, chronic
Violence, Directed at Others, risk for
Violence, Self-Directed, risk for

SEXUALITY—
REPRODUCTIVE PATTERN
Rape-Trauma Syndrome [specify]
Rape-Trauma Syndrome: compound reaction
Rape-Trauma Syndrome: silent reaction
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexuality Patterns, ineffective

COPING—STRESS
TOLERANCE PATTERN

Adjustment, impaired
Community Coping, enhanced, potential for
Community Coping, ineffective
Coping, defensive
Coping, enhanced, readiness for
Coping, individual, ineffective
Coping, ineffective
Denial, ineffective
Family Coping, ineffective: compromised
Family Coping, ineffective: disabling
Family Coping, readiness for enhanced
Family Coping: potential for growth
Post-Trauma Response [specify stage]
Post-Trauma Syndrome
Post-Trauma Syndrome, risk for
Self-mutilation
Self-mutilation, risk for
Suicide, risk for
Violence, Directed at Others, risk for
Violence, Self-Directed, risk for

VALUE—BELIEF PATTERN
Spiritual Distress (distress of the human spirit)
Spiritual Distress, risk for
Spiritual Well-Being, enhanced, potential for

Adapted from Gordon, M: Manual of Nursing Diagnosis, ed. 10, St. Louis, MO,
Mosby/Elsevier Science, 2002, with permission.

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