WEEK1

• Gordon's Functional Health Assessment Pattern

  • Health Perception/ Health Management
  • Nutrition – Metabolic
  • Elimination
  • Activity – Exercise
  • Sleep – Rest
  • Cognitive – Perceptual
  • Self – Perception and Self – Concept
  • Role - Relationship
  • Sexuality – Reproductive
  • Coping – Stress Tolerance
  • Value – Belief
• Skin


  • Largest organ of the body comprising 15% of the total body weight
  • Layers: Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous tissue
• Epidermal Appendages


  • Hair, Nails and Glands
  • Two types of skin glands: sweat and sebaceous glands (produces sebum)
• Unusual body odor may indicate poor hygiene or underlying disease

  
• Odors from excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) may indicate thyrotoxicosis (excess thyroid hormone)
• Odors from night sweats may indicate tuberculosis
• Urine odor may indicate incontinence problem or uremia (blood in the urine)
• Mousy odor may indicate liver disease
• Bromhidrosis is foul smelling sweat
• People who don't have the diamond-shaped gap in their nails may have clubbed fingers, which can be a sign of various illnesses, including heart problems
• Skin, Hair, Nails Assessment

  1. Explain procedure to the client

  2. Provide privacy

  3. Position the client comfortably
• Equipment


  • Centimeter ruler (flexible, clear)
  • Flashlight
  • Wood's lamp (to view flourishing lesions)
  • Handheld magnifying lens (optional)
• Prof. André N. Canaria, Ph.D. NSc, DPed, MSN, RN: '[e-mail]'
• Nail Description – Objective Data