Asessment of children, toddler, pre-school using Gorden's functional health pattern assessment
Running head: ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN, TODDLER, PRE-SCHOOL, AND
Assessment of Children: Toddler, Pre-School, and School Age
D. G.
Grand Canyon University
NURS 434V
Assessment of Children: Toddler, Pre-School, and School Age
Using Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Toddler
Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management
Toddlers may come to know that being sick means feeling bad or having to stay in bed, but they have little, if any, understanding of the meaning of health. They depend on their parents for health management. A normal assessment finding for the toddler is being current on their immunizations. Because their immune system is still maturing, a normal assessment finding would be frequent minor upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Their passive immunity to communicable diseases acquired from breast milk has disappeared and active immunity through the initial immunization series is usually completed by 18 months. An abnormal assessment finding is not having been immunized or being behind in their scheduled immunizations. A potential problem for the toddler can occur when their parents don’t model healthy behaviors such as eating a balanced diet. The toddler may end up having nutritional deficiencies or become overweight.
Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern
Toddlers are usually weaned from the breast or bottle before or during toddlerhood. A potential problem with that can be inadequate iron intake since regular cow’s milk is low in iron and can interfere with iron absorption from other food sources. A normal assessment finding in toddlers is a decrease in growth rate and appetite and can becoming picky eaters. A potential problem is nutritional deficiency if the parents offer empty calories from unhealthy snacks just to get them to eat something.
Pattern of Elimination
A normal assessment finding for the toddler is increased development of voluntary control over their bladder and urinating less
Assessment of Children: Toddler, Pre-School, and School Age
D. G.
Grand Canyon University
NURS 434V
Assessment of Children: Toddler, Pre-School, and School Age
Using Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Toddler
Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management
Toddlers may come to know that being sick means feeling bad or having to stay in bed, but they have little, if any, understanding of the meaning of health. They depend on their parents for health management. A normal assessment finding for the toddler is being current on their immunizations. Because their immune system is still maturing, a normal assessment finding would be frequent minor upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Their passive immunity to communicable diseases acquired from breast milk has disappeared and active immunity through the initial immunization series is usually completed by 18 months. An abnormal assessment finding is not having been immunized or being behind in their scheduled immunizations. A potential problem for the toddler can occur when their parents don’t model healthy behaviors such as eating a balanced diet. The toddler may end up having nutritional deficiencies or become overweight.
Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern
Toddlers are usually weaned from the breast or bottle before or during toddlerhood. A potential problem with that can be inadequate iron intake since regular cow’s milk is low in iron and can interfere with iron absorption from other food sources. A normal assessment finding in toddlers is a decrease in growth rate and appetite and can becoming picky eaters. A potential problem is nutritional deficiency if the parents offer empty calories from unhealthy snacks just to get them to eat something.
Pattern of Elimination
A normal assessment finding for the toddler is increased development of voluntary control over their bladder and urinating less