Gordon's functional health patterns

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Gordon's functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient:

1. Health perception and management
2. Activity and exercise
3. Nutrition and metabolism
4. Elimination
5. Sleep and rest.
6. Cognition and perception
7. Self-perception and self-concept
8. Roles and relationships
9. Coping and stress management
10. Sexuality and reproduction
11. Values and beliefs