Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | - Toddlers have little if any understanding of health, but do perform or request to do activities such as brushing their teeth (Edelman & Mandle, p. 458, 2010). -Toddlers depend on their parents for health management (Edelman & Mandle, p. 458, 2010). | -Child is extremely curious about the body of a member of the opposite sex (Edelman & Mandle, p. 482, 2010). - Child contributes to health management by brushing their teeth, wearing weather appropriate clothing, taking medication, etc (Edelman & Mandle, p. 482, 2010). | -Child understands an abstract definition of health and sometimes the factors that cause illness (Edelman & Mandle, p. 511, 2010). - Child may believe that a misdeed or misbehavior caused their illness (Edelman & Mandle, p. 511, 2010). | | -Toddler does not brush his or her teeth. -Toddler does not try many new foods, because the parents don’t eat a wide variety of foods in their diet (Edelman & Mandle, p. 459, 2010). | -Child does not have family support for an active lifestyle (Edelman & Mandle, p. 482, 2010). -Child does not wear seat belt. | -Child is not taught healthy behaviors in the home (Edelman & Mandle, p. 512, 2010). -Teaching of health promoting behaviors is not at the child’s cognitive level (Edelman & Mandle, p. 511, 2010). | Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems
References: Edelman, C. & Mandel, C. (2010). Health promotion throughout the life span. 7th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby, Inc, an affiliate of Elsevier, Inc. Jarvis. (2012). Physical examination & health assessment. 6th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Saunders.