The nurse uses this type of assessment and organizes client data to determine if a client's current health patterns are working or not working:
a. body systems model c. hierarchy of needs
b. functional health patterns d. human response patterns
B
Functional health patterns (e.g., health perception/management, nutritional/metabolic, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive/perceptual, sleep/rest, self-perception/self-concept, role/relationship, sexuality/reproduction, coping/stress-tolerance, and value/belief) organize client data to determine if a client's current health patterns are working or not working.
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