| Functional Health Pattern | Pattern Describes | Examples |
| Health Perception/ Health Management | Client’s perceived pattern of health and well-being and how health is managed. | Compliance with medication regimen, use of health-promotion activities such as regular exercise, annual check-ups. |
| Nutritional-Metabolic | Pattern of food and fluid consumption relative to metabolic need and pattern; indicators of local nutrient supply. | Condition of skin, teeth, hair, nails, mucous membranes; height and weight. |
| Elimination | Patterns of excretory function (bowel, bladder, and skin). Includes client’s perception of normal” function. | Frequency of bowel movements, voiding pattern, pain on urination, appearance of urine and stool. |
| Activity – Exercise | Patterns of exercise, activity, leisure, and recreation. | Exercise, hobbies. May include cardiovascular and respiratory status, mobility, and activities of daily living. |
| Cognitive-Perceptual | Sensory-perceptual and cognitive patterns. | Vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell, pain perception and management; cognitive functions such as language, memory, and decision making. |
| Sleep-Rest | Patterns of sleep, rest, and relaxation. | Client’s perception of quality and quantity of sleep and energy, sleep aids, routines client uses. |
| Self-Perception/ Self Concept | Client’s self-concept pattern and perceptions of self. | Body comfort, body image, feeling state, attitudes about self, perception of abilities, objective data such as body posture, eye contact, voice tone. |
| Role-Relationship | Client’s pattern of role engagements and relationships. | Perception of current major roles sand responsibilities (e.g., father, husband, salesman); satisfaction with family, work, or social relationships. |
| Sexuality-Reproductive | Patterns of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with sexuality pattern; reproductive pattern. | Number and histories of pregnancy and childbirth; difficulties with sexual functioning; satisfaction with sexual relationship. |
| Coping / Stress Tolerance | General coping pattern and effective of the pattern in terms of stress tolerance. | Client’s usual manner of handling stress, available support systems, perceived ability to control or manage situations. |
| Value – Belief | Patterns of values, beliefs (including spiritual), and goals that guide client’s choices or decisions. | Religious affiliation, what client perceives as important in life, value-belief conflicts related to health, special religious practices. |
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