Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | 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 have little if any understanding of health, but do perform or request to do activities such as brushing their teeth (Edelman & Mandle, p. 458, 2010). -Toddlers depend on their parents for health management (Edelman & Mandle, p. …show more content…

463, 2010). | -Child refuses to play with or share toys with other children. -Child is allowed to watch whatever they want on television. | -Child lives in an unsafe neighborhood. -Child’s parents do not take part in an active lifestyle. | Cognitive/Perceptual 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. | -Toddler has a vocabulary of about 400 words (Edelman & Mandle, p. 464, 2010). -Toddler often says “NO!” to gain control over a situation and to express themselves (Edelman & Mandle, p. 464, 2010). | -Child is more oriented in space and develops awareness of where their home is in their neighborhood (Edelman & Mandle, p. 486, 2010). -Child differentiates today from yesterday and defines tomorrow and future more clearly (Edelman & Mandle, p. 486, 2010). | -Child’s basic intelligence, heredity, and environment encourage or discourage learning (Edelman & Mandle, p. 518, 2010). -Child develops concept of time (Edelman & Mandle, p. 519, 2010). | | -Toddler with hearing loss, even mild hearing loss (Edelman & Mandle, p. 465, 2010). -Toddler not allowed to perform their “child’s work,” where they have ritualistic behaviors and ask endless questions (Edelman & Mandle, p. 464,