...Assessment Health organizations, government and public health mainly focuses on health issues, the prevention of illness and the strategies to help people promote health and wellness. Healthy People 2020 progresses toward the goal of achieving healthy and long lives for each individual. Marjorie Gordon proposed functional health patterns to collect data for nursing diagnosis in1987. He developed eleven functional health patterns that help nurses to approach people and obtain data collection and to assess the health patterns of each individual as well as family. Based on the data collection in 11 functional health patterns, nurses can form nursing diagnoses and plan the treatment options as needed for each person and family. Gordon’s health model incorporates all the physical, mental and social aspects in collecting data. Collection of data on all health function pattern is an important tool to formulate nursing diagnoses. Here is the data collection of my family functional pattern regarding health and wellness. Health perception/health management pattern Healthy life styles, eating health foods, exercising and preventing stress are the basic requirements for health and the family members are trying to follow these in daily life. The family shows interest and awareness by getting their regular health checkups every six months. None of our family members have had any medical problems now or in the past. Health issues will be addressed as they arise. Getting...
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...Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Health perception-health management pattern – Perception of personal health & well being, & how health is managed; understanding of how health practices contribute to health status – Assess general health status & usual health behaviours • Nutrition-metabolic pattern – Patterns of food & fluid consumption relative to metabolic need; skin assessment, fluid volume, thermoregulation – Assess eating patterns, appraisal of appetite, weight loss or gain, changes in skin, hair or nails • Elimination pattern – Patterns of excretory function (bowel, bladder, skin) & patients perception of same – Assess bowel & bladder elimination habits, laxative use, excretory function of skin (eg excessive perspiration) • Activity-exercise pattern – Patterns of leisure, exercise, recreation & ADL; factors that interfere with desired or expected individual pattern – Assess mobility status, exercise routine, leisure activities, cardiovascular status • Cognitive-perceptual pattern – Adequacy of sensory modes (vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell), perceptual (pain) & cognitive functional activities – Assess cognitive function, ability to hear, see & speak, presence of pain, numbness or other sensations Rest-sleep pattern – Patterns of sleep, rest, relaxation periods, as well as quality & quantity – Assess regular sleep habits & routine • Self-perception – Self-concept pattern – Individuals attitudes about self, perception of abilities, body image, identity, general sense...
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...Managing Stress 9-1 What is Stress? Stress for those in industrialized societies often originates in organizations • Stress that originates elsewhere interacts with and affects workplace behavior and performance Stress • An adaptive response moderated by individual differences • A consequence of any action, event, or situation that places special demands on a person Stressor • A potentially harmful or threatening external event or situation 9-2 Stress Triggers Work overload or a nagging boss Computer problems or time deadlines Downsizing and mergers Poorly designed jobs Marital disharmony and financial crises Accelerating rates of change World events 9-3 What is Stress? For something to cause stress, it must be seen as a source of… Challenge Threat Harm Stress 9-4 What is Stress? Key factors determine if an experience is likely to cause stress ■ Importance ■ ■ Uncertainty Duration Stress duration ■ ■ Acute stress lasts for seconds, hours, or days Chronic stress may last for months or years 9-5 Moderators Stress is influenced by individual differences (moderators) Even in the presence of moderators, intervention may be needed Age and gender Social support mechanism Personality Heredity 9-6 Work Overload Qualitative • Occurs when people lack the ability needed to complete their jobs or when performance standards are set too high Quantitative • Results from having too many things to do or insufficient time to complete a job • Can cause biochemical...
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...defined as being “the study of the way speech sounds form patterns”.(Victoria Fromkin 2009). As (Hammond 1999) describes, every spoken language has a unique system whereby sounds are organised. This unique pattern of pattern can be termed phonology and varies widely in geographical and social differences. English is the most widely spoken language in the world with up to a total of up to 1.8 billion speakers in the world.(Lewis 2009) It is generally regarded as being the international language or lingua-franca of the world. English is the official language for Australia, New Zealand, England, America and Canada. It is also the joint or semi-official language for many other countries. Each of these countries English differs slightly in phonology and there even exists regional differences inside these countries but in this essay Australian English will be used as the standard. Australian English consists of 24 consonants and 20 vowels, 12 being monophthongs and 8 being diphthongs. Below are charts with the list of consonants and vowels. (http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/ipa.htm) All these sounds are called phonemes, which are the simplest form of a sound and all these sounds make up the English language. Stress is very important in English language because English is a stress language and at least one syllable is stressed in an English...
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...diagnosis and treatment. Information is needed on (1) the development of each functional pattern and anatomical growth, (2) current health patterns, and (3) family health and the home environment in which the infant or child is developing. The questions/items listed below can be used selectively for problem screening. Questions should be directed to the primary care giver. NURSING HISTORY 1. Health-perception – health management pattern Parents’ report of: a. Mother’s pregnancy/labor/delivery history (of this infant, of others)? b. Infant’s health status since birth? c. Adherence to routine health checks for the infant/child? Immunizations? d. Infections/illnesses in the infant/child? Child’s absences from school/day care? e. If applicable: Infant’s/child’s medical problems, treatment, and prognosis? f. If applicable: Actions taken by parents when signs and/or symptoms were perceived? g. If appropriate: Has it been easy to follow doctors’ or nurses’ suggestions? h. Preventive health practices (e.g., diaper change, clean clothes, hand washing)? i. Do parents smoke? Around children? j. Accidents? Types? Frequency? k. Infant’s crib toys (safety)? Child's toys? Carrying safety? Car safety? l. Parents’ safety practices (e.g., household products and medicines) Parents (self): a. Parents’/family’s general health status? Illnesses? Injuries? 2. Nutritional-metabolic pattern Parents’ report of the infant’s/child’s: a. Breast/bottle feeding? Intake (estimated)?...
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...to their needs. Nurses have an important role in health promotion. “Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are the foundation for the nursing diagnosis and health promotion in family and community” (Edelman & Mandle, 2009, p.149). The assessment pattern has 11systemic principles for the collection of data from the family, helps for nursing diagnosis and interventions. Open ended questions are prepared based on Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns to interview family. I selected a nuclear family consists of parents and three children. Parents aged 40s married for 16years and kid’s ages are fourteen, twelve and four. First assessment of the family was the health perception and management. Family explained about their different practices and habits to maintain health. Family does not have any bad habits like smoking, alcohol or drug abuse, all members had annual screening and up-to-date with immunizations. For the nutritional metabolic assessment questions, family verbalized they are conscious about eating healthy meal with adequate intake of nutrients, calorie and fluid. They cook their food at home; eat plenty of vegetables and fruits. They are conscious about checking ingredients of food products while shopping from the grocery store. Parents prefer to eat vegetarian food and children like non-vegetarian. Family verbalized all members have regular bowel and bladder patterns. Family answered for the questions about sleep/rest as significant. Father is not getting enough...
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...2procedure .......................................................................................3 3.0 The leading edge and trailing edge .....................................................5 4.0 Calculation of stagger angle at mid-height .........................................7 5.0 Discussion about calculation errors in design ....................................9 6.0 Realistic representation of the stage ..................................................12 7.0 Discussion about generation and effects of ‘shock’ ..........................14 7.1 The generation of the ‘shock’ ......................................................14 7.2 The effect of the ‘shock’ ..............................................................15 8.0 Stress pattern with a tangential load ..................................................16 8.1 3-D model creating ......................................................................16 8.2 Autodesk algor Simulation ..........................................................19 9.0 Conclusion .........................................................................................23 10.0 References .......................................................................................24 List of figures Figure 1 shows different kinds of blades...
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...Source Finley, E. P., Pugh, M. J., Pugh, M. J., & Peterson, A. (January 01, 2010). Patterns and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Committed by Returning Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Family Violence, 25, 8, 737-743. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.hil.unb.ca/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a5c7883c-d98e-44b4-bff5-1f22f9c3fce0%40sessionmgr12&vid=2&hid=20#739 Introduction The following critical review will be evaluating the article Patterns and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Committed by Returning Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Erin P. Finley in the Journal of Family Violence. The following will include a summary of the article and identify the articles purpose. Following a review of three case studies the articles authority, accuracy, currency, relevance, objectivity and stability will also be examined. Patterns and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Committed by Returning Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder identify a subject that is becoming more relevant in society. According to the article in the Journal of Family Violence (2010) 25:737-743, intimate partner violence is more prevalent among returning Veterans than in the general population addressing the patterns and perceptions. Over all this article was well written, organized and identified the important issues however, it was limited by its small sample size. The author’s comprehension of the family’s home lives, partner violence...
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... Information and matter exchange continuously from one environment to the other. With in the body itself each organ, tissue , or cell is a system or subsystem with internal and external environment Each exchange information. This communication/interaction- dynamic balance or steady state. Health promotion is impt =fostering awareness influencing attitudes and identifying alternatives so that people can make choices to achieve optimal level of physical and mental health. Health of man are affected by diff risk factors such as Genetic or biologic= age, race and family history Behavioral its lifestyle- stress/diet/lack of exercise/smoking/drugs/uncleanliness Internal Constancy Constancy – ( Fluid bathing the cells) is maintained by both physiologic and biochemical processes Homeostasis –necessary adjustment body can rapidly make to maintain its internal composition Adaptation –responses the individual make to function adequately under changed conditions of the environment Maintenance of steady state to the health of man is under the control of the body regulating processes. The compensatory mech are always on operation to...
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...fundamental component of the community. The household members make up the family as a structure. The family includes members of different age group from newborns to elders. The family’s activities and reactions influence the patterns of the family as a whole (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle 2014, p. 2014). The ultimate aim of the treatment is to expedite the fitness of the family. Family health valuation defines the assessment of actual and potential problem of individual (Gordan 1994). The goal of health care is giving straight and indirect treatment to the person and the community in terms of valuation, analysis, nursing interventions, application and estimation. Historically conceptual models are used to assess the family in nursing practice. Health assessment included with subjective and objective data. Here Gordan’s 11 functional health assessment patterns are used to assess this family. The Gordon’s functional assessment patterns are a valuable tool for assessing and evaluating the family’s traditional health patterns, and permitting the health care provider to look at the inside of the overall health of the particular family. Family Background The family I selected belongs to an African ethnic group. This essay discusses the health pattern and functions of Nyennoh’s family. This is a nuclear family with mother of age 32 father of 34 and three children of age groups, eleven year old boy, nine year old girl and five year old boy. Both of the parents are working...
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...Baltazar Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V September 8, 2012 Boretzky Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health pattern assessment is a tool that nurses can use to analyze a person’s whole being that incorporates every aspect of that person. Through this approach, nurses can ensure that holistic care is provided. The Boretzky family was therefore interviewed to analyze each functional health patterns in order for the nurse to identify two wellness nursing diagnosis that could help the family live an optimal lifestyle. Functional Health Pattern Findings The Boretzky family is a well-educated family which showed during the interview in regards to health maintenance/perception, nutritional pattern, and exercise pattern. During the interview both Staci and Barry, mentioned the correlation of healthy living with healthy diet that incorporates the recommended food pyramid and regular exercise into their daily routine. “To promote a healthy lifestyle I make sure to take a multivitamin every day, eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables and stay active by going to the gym every day. When possible, I also try and get a good amount of sleep every night” (S. Boretzky, personal communication, September 5, 2012). Moreover, both children also correlated the intake of foods high in fiber to maintain a regular elimination pattern. This shows that the parents have ingrained healthy habits in their children while growing up and was strengthen with education....
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...HDEV 3101 Life Span Development Reading Blog 2 The human body goes through major growth patterns and then reverses itself from infancy to death. The two major growth patterns in infancy are the cephalocaudal pattern and the proximodistal patterns. In the cephalocaudal pattern, the rapid growth of the head surpasses the rest of the body while in the proxoxismal pattern; the chest muscles develop before the muscles in the extremities. In childhood growth is slow yet steady. Later in adolescence or puberty the body reaches great increases in hormones (endocrine glands powerful chemical secretions) and physical maturation. Growth spurts in weight and height reach girls two years faster than boys. Sexual organs testes in male and ovaries in female are developed by the pituitary gland. Strength and muscle tone develops in teens and twenties yet may begin to decline in the thirties. In the forties and fifties muscle tone and elasticity steadily decrease leading to wrinkles and sagging skin. In later adult hood the body begins to deteriorate with markedly decreases in the cardiovascular system, lung elasticity, and circulatory system eventually leading to disease and death. The brain has two hemispheres; the forebrain and the outer layer the cerebral cortex. Important developments in the brain in the first two years are myelination and laterization. Myelination is the development of a thin sheath of fat cells called myelin that aid in faster information processing and...
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...Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Marsha Ricks Grand Canyon University Family Health Assessment Functional Health Patterns Many different people due to their cultural and ethnic background can define family in many different ways. But one thing that is shared by all families is value and health perception. Families are as diverse as the members that make up the family unit. The Family is the primary social framework in which health promotion of wellness and disease prevention and management takes place, and which the belief system influences the health behavior of its members. The purpose of this paper is to analyze family function health patterns using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns assessment tool. Gordon’s health pattern tool is used to obtain a family nursing history that consist of eleven areas of function to assess and to promote areas of wellness as well as identifying health pattern problems. By using this framework the nurse can combine the cumulated data both subjective and objective, build patterns reflective of their lifestyle. (Edelman & Mandle 2010). If nurses assess functional trends and interactions among patterns, then nurses can accurately predict and diagnosis current or potential issues. By doing this they can more effectively facilitate movement in the positive direction of outcomes to promote an ultimate feeling of well-being. Health Perception/Health Management In interviewing the Family members...
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...Workplace Stress Stress is a factor in everyone’s life mainly during difficult times such as divorce, marriage, and even when buying a house, but the most stress seems to be related to the workplace. Employees deal with firings, change in financial status, and problems with the boss, altered responsibilities, variations in work hours, business readjustments, retirement and vacations. Stress interferes with your productivity and can reduce your physical and emotional health and affects everyone differently. Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. The body’s defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or the stress response. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When it is working properly, it helps you stay focused, alert, and energetic. In certain emergency situations, stress can save your life. It goes extra strength to defend you. Stress response also helps you meet challenges. Managers should be educated and aware of the many symptoms of stress because if they go unnoticed and unattended they can lead to bigger problems. People feel overwhelmed and several signs and symptoms can occur such as: • Feeling anxious, irritable, or depressed • Apathy, loss of interest in work. • Problems sleeping • Fatigue, • Trouble concentrating • Muscle tension or headaches • Stomach problems • Social withdrawal • Loss of...
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...ments . Dav is Gordon’s functional health patterns 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...
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