Originally Posted by skyyhiflygirl
Just a piece of advice on care plans for those of you just starting to do these. Always think of INDEPENDENT NURSING INTERVENTIONS before the dependent ones. The dependent ones are the most obvious (i.e. administering meds, IV's, etc as ordered), and therefore the easiest ones to put on a care plan. HOWEVER, I understand that on boards, they really stress the INDEPENDENT nursing interventions. Just a bit of advice from one struggling student to another. . .
I agree with this. I didn't have an online constructor to do my careplans when I was in school, and I had to do 3 per night for 3 pts. Hours and Hours of work a day. When you have to come up with your own interventions you really learn how to care for the pt like it's second nature after you've done it for a while. I think if I woulda used the constructor ones I might not have really grasped why I was doing the interventions I was putting down. Maybe some of the online ones could be used with some that you have to come up with on your own. JMHO. Not knocking these sights at all. Bookmarked them myself for use on kids I take care of just to see if it comes up with stuff I haven't thought of yet. Plus, I'll be starting RN school soon (I hope) and I'm sure it will come in quite handy, so Thanks for the site.