Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP)

Toddler
Erickson’s Developmental Stage:
Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
(Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014)

Preschool-Aged
Erickson’s Developmental Stage:
Initiative vs. Guilt
(Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014)

School-Aged
Erickson’s Developmental Stage:
Industry vs. Inferiority
(Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014)

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 perform healthcare tasks are part of a ritual not because they understand it will prevent disease (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Toddlers are dependent on their parents for maintaining their health and management and the parent will influence the toddlers perceptions enormously (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
Preschoolers are accurate perception of the when it comes to their external body parts (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

The internal body is hollow to the preschooler (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
The school-aged child is aware of how his/her body works and when it is ailing (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

How the child understands illness may be influenced by the family’s culture (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

The preschooler may view pain or illness as a form of punishment (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Preschoolers are not good at recall if they have performed certain task as it pertains to their healthcare (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
School-age children may not have interest in their appearance and may have poor hygiene (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

School-age children are vulnerable to frequent illnesses, accidental injuries, and dental caries (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern:

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 experience a decrease in appetite because of a decrease in growth rate (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Toddlers may use meal time as way of showing individual control (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Toddlers are able to use a spoon and a fork with fairly good success and they also learn to wash their hands (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
Preschoolers should consume 1200 to 1600 calories per day. This will be determined by gender and activity level (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Appropriate calcium intake for a preschooler is 700 to 100mg per day (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
School-age children should consume 1200 to 1600 calories per day (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
The child usually consumes three meals a day with one to two snacks (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Toddlers may refuse meals (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). Parents should offer healthy foods.

Toddlers may be at risk if vaccination scheduled is not followed (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Toddlers may be vitamin and mineral deficient such as iron due to transition from breast milk to whole-cow’s milk (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
The nurse may expect to find symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

Preschoolers may struggle with using utensils. Preschoolers may need help cutting meats and pouring liquids from large, heavy containers (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
This age group is at risk for obesity, iron deficiency anemia, and chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).

School-age children prefer a small range of foods and dislike veggies, fruits, casseroles, spicy foods, and iron-rich foods (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014).
Pattern of Elimination:

List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group.

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