VI.

DEVELOPING THE
NURSING CARE PLAN
THE FAMILY CARE PLAN
– is the blueprint of the care that the nurse
designs to systematically minimize or
eliminate the identified health and family
nursing problems through explicitly
formulated outcomes of care ( goals and
objectives) and deliberately chosen of
interventions, resources and evaluation
criteria, standards, methods and tools.
DESIRABLE QUALITIES OF A
NURSING CARE PLAN
1.It should be based on clear, explicit
definition of the problems. A good nursing
plan is based on a comprehensive analysis
of the problem situation.
2. A good plan is realistic. It can be
implemented with reasonable chance of
success.
DESIRABLE QUALITIES OF A
NURSING CARE PLAN
3.The nursing care plan is prepared jointly with the
family. The nurse involves the family in
determining health needs and problems, in
establishing priorities, in selecting appropriate
courses of action, implementing them and
evaluating outcomes.
4.The nursing care plan is most useful in written
form.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING
CARE
1.They individualize care to clients.
2.The nursing care plan helps in setting
priorities by providing information about
the client as well as the nature of his
problems.
3.The nursing care plan promotes
systematic communication among those
involved in the health care effort.
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CARE
4.Continuity of care is facilitated through
the use of nursing care plans. Gaps and
duplications in the services provided are
minimized, if not totally eliminated.
5.Nursing care plans, facilitate the
coordination of care by making known to
other members of the health team what
the nurse is doing.
STEPS IN DEVELOPING A FAMILY
NURSING CARE PLAN
1.The prioritized condition/s or problems
based on:
- nature of condition or problem
- modifiability
- preventive potential
- salience
STEPS IN DEVELOPING A FAMILY
NURSING CARE PLAN
2. Define goals and objectives of nursing care.
Formulate:
Expected Outcomes:
• conditions to be observed to show problem
is prevented, controlled, resolved or
eliminated.
• Client response/s or behavior
Specific, Measurable, Client centered
Statements/Competencies
STEPS IN DEVELOPING A FAMILY
NURSING CARE PLAN
3.Develop the intervention plan.
Decide on:
Measures to help family eliminate:
• barriers to performance of health tasks
• underlying cause/s of nonperformance of health
tasks
Family-centered alternatives to recognize/detect,
monitor, control or manage health condition or
problems
- Determine Methods of Nurse-Family Contact
- Specify Resources Needed
4.The plan for evaluating.
Specify:
- Criteria/Outcomes Based on Objectives of
Care
- Methods/Tools