Aplicación de los patrones funcionales en los estudiantes de la Carrera de Enfermería, Cuenca 2015

Abstract

GENERAL BACKGROUND. The functional nursing assessment is a key for any nurse intervention; the functional patterns of Marjory Gordon allows us to obtain relevant information about various aspects that mould the person as a whole being. OBJECTIVE. Apply the functional patterns to the students pursuing a degree in nursing at the University of Cuenca, 2015 METHODOLOGY. This is a qualitative research, and the technique used, interview six focal groups of students from the undergraduate nursing course at the University of Cuenca, for their respective analysis that includes aspects of the person and their environment. The 11 Functional Patterns were considered as categories. RESULTS. There are patterns that are influential in student life such as health perception and management, though nursing students are innovated about how to stay healthy, they do not put it into practice and are affected in their physical and emotional health; in the cognitive - perceptual there are visual problems, memory changes, hesitation, they have difficulty in the decision making process and learning problems in the career; and the role patter - relationships where students leave their families for their studies, many are lonely and not integrated; at intership there is a bad employment situation. CONCLUSIONS. This research allowed us to apply the functional patterns of Marjory Gordon on the nursing students, describing various aspects that are part of a person and make it a unique, comprehensive, holistic being.