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Gordons Functional Health Patern

This document outlines Gordon's functional health patterns that may be affected by prostate cancer, including nutritional, elimination, activity and exercise, sleep and rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception, role-relationship, sexuality-reproductive, coping-stress tolerance, and value-belief patterns. Key factors discussed are symptoms of prostate cancer like urinary issues, weight loss, fatigue, as well as how it may impact a patient's self-concept, support system, sexuality, and ability to cope with the disease.

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Gordons Functional Health Patern

This document outlines Gordon's functional health patterns that may be affected by prostate cancer, including nutritional, elimination, activity and exercise, sleep and rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception, role-relationship, sexuality-reproductive, coping-stress tolerance, and value-belief patterns. Key factors discussed are symptoms of prostate cancer like urinary issues, weight loss, fatigue, as well as how it may impact a patient's self-concept, support system, sexuality, and ability to cope with the disease.

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GORDONS FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATERN

Health Perception and Management  Factors that cause the onset of


prostate cancer.
 Health care, treatment and care
at home.

Nutritional metabolic pattern  Habits of food consumed.


 Decreased appetite, nausea,
vomiting.
 Weight loss.
 Conjunctival pallor / anemia.
 laboratory:
 HB less than 10 mg%.
 Leukocytes: There was a rise if
there is infection of the urinary
system.
 Urea: more than 30-40 mg%.
 Creatinine: more than normal.
 Alkhali posphatase: more than
normal.
 Albumin: less than normal.
 Globulin: less than normal.

Elimination pattern  Urine drips can not radiate, can


not empty the bladder until
exhausted.
 Nocturia.
 Dysuria.
 Urine mixed blood.
 Intestinal peristalsis less than 6
times / min.
 A full bladder, and palpable
hard.
 Rectal touche palpable lump
and hard.
 Dark yellow urine color, brown
until no blood, there is a small
amount of bacteria germs.

Activity exercise pattern  Employment history.


 Complained of weakness,
fatigue, listlessness in carrying out
activities or hobbies.
 Increased blood pressure.
 Limb edema

Sleep / rest pattern  Sleep disorders due to pain in


the peritoneal area.
 A full bladder, frequent urination
at night.
 Pain in the back.

Cognitive-perceptual pattern  Client knowledge about the


disease.
 Attempts to overcome the pain.

Self-perception /self-concept pattern  Complain no sense of


helplessness, despair, depression,
withdrawal.

Role-Relationship Pattern  Complain of inadequate suport


system.

Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern  Complain decreased ability,


fear interfere with urine dripping
partner.
 An enlarged prostate.

Coping-stress tolerance  Complained despair.


 Anger, withdrawal, denial.

Value-Belief pattern  Cancer pain is a curse.

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