While the nurse is taking the health history, a patient states, "My mother and sister both had double mastectomies and were unable to be very active for weeks." Which functional health pattern is represented by this patient's statement?
a. Activity-exercise
b. Cognitive-perceptual
c. Coping-stress tolerance
d. Health perception–health management
ANS: D
The information in the patient statement relates to risk factors and important information about the family history. Identification of risk factors falls into the health perception–health maintenance pattern.
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