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The blueprint of 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 set
of interventions, resources and evaluations criteria, standards, methods and goals.
Specific features of nursing care plan
1. Focuses on actions which are designed to solve or minimize existing problem
2. A product of a deliberate systematic process
3. Relates to the future
4. Based upon identified health and nursing problems
5. A means to an end, not an end in itself,
6. A continuous process, not a one shot deal
Desirable qualities of a nursing care plan
1. It should be based on clear, explicit definition of the problems
2. A good plan is realistic
3. Prepared jointly with the family
4. Most useful in written
Importance of planning care
1. Individualize care to clients
2. Helps in setting priorities
3. Promotes systematic communication among those involved in the health care effort
4. Continuity of care is facilitated
5. Facilitates the coordination of care
Steps in developing a family nursing care plan
1. The prioritized condition/s or problems
2. The goals and objective of nursing care
3. The plan of interventions
4. The plan for evaluating care
1.
IV. Salience
1.
2.
CRITERIA
1.
3
3
2
2.
Modifiability of the problem
Scale: easily modifiable
2
Partially modifiable 1
Not modifiable
0
3.
Preventive potential
Scale: High 3
Low
2
Moderate 1
4.
Salience
Scale: a condition or problem needing immediate attention
A condition or problem not needing immediate attention
Not perceived as a problem or condition needing change
2
1
0
A general statement of the condition or state to be brought about by specific courses of action
Global and broad in nature
The final outcome of what is achieved at the end of a teaching-learning process
Served as long term targets
Desired outcomes are realistically achievable in weeks or months
Multidimensional
Short term in nature
Specific, single uni dimensional
Achievable at the conclusion of one teaching session or within a matter of a few days
Must be achieved before the goal can be reached
Observable
Measurable
Derived from goals and must be consistent with and R/T that goal
Barriers to joint goal setting between the nurse and the family
3 Important Characteristics
1. Performance
Describes what the learner is expected to be able to do or perform to demonstrate the kinds of
behaviors the teacher will accept as evidence the objectives have been achieved
2. Condition
Describes the testing situation or constraints under which the behavior will be observed or the
performance is expected to occur
3.
Criteria
Describes how well or with what accuracy the learner must be able to perform for the behavior to be
considered acceptable
Outline of a 3 part method of objective writing:
Samples:
Condition
Performance
Without using a calculator
The learner will be able to solve
Following a 30 min. group discussion
The learner will be able to list
Criteria
5 out of 6 problems
at least 2 reasons
Family
Nursing
Problem
Goal of care
Objectives of
Care
Intervention
Measures
Cues/Data
Subjective
and objective
cues.
Used at the
first level
assessment
A general
statement
3 part writing
objective
Selection of
appropriate
nursing
interventions
based on the
formulated
goals and
objectives
Methods of
Nursing
Family
Contact
E.g. includes
home visits,
clinic
conference,
visit in the
work place,
school visit,
telephone,
group
approach,
mothers
class,
conferences
with the client
Resource
Requirement
Material
resources,
visual aids,
time and
efforts,
transportation
expenses of
the nurse and
the family