[APBT mom]

We did one care plan about two months into the program that was a group project and wasn't graded or critiqued. When we started our junior clinicals we were assigned to turn in one every week and these were graded. The instructor graded them at first by seeing if we had the general idea and now we are being graded by if they are done properly and relate to the patients problems.

[emtb2rn]

We started care plans almost immediately in my 2 year diploma program.

I don't get the problem that folks seem to have in writing 'em though. A care plan simply outlines what you're going to do for your patient. What's the threat to the patient? What are you going to do to intervene and why? What do you expect to see as an outcome?

At this point, I'm doing quick care plans in my head as I get report. Writing 'em up takes very little time. But then again, that's why we had to practice so much during the 1st year....

JMHO

[ZooMommyRN]

we started learning the care plan process from day one in fundamentals, we have a mini care plan that we do for every patient in clincals, and both last semester and this semester we had to do a full size care plan, they aren't daunting or scary for me, I actually feel that if you put in a bit of effort it's the easiest nursing school A you can get and wish we had a few more for grade boosts sometimes lol

[Mommy2NQ]

Originally Posted by ilivet0surfxx

While I appreciate your experience and honesty, I was simply curious as to when the actual writing of care plans begins in school. I was also interested in others responses and experiences from their programs. In my program, we have just begun to incorporate the nursing process and have not begun writing care plans yet. Perhaps I worded the thread wrong. I'm fully aware that care planning and the nursing process continues all through a nurse's career, and I did not state anywhere in my post that I was fearful of this.

I'm sorry if I offended you, but I was under the impression that this was a student forum, and questions are posted everyday on here. I've learned many helpful things so far by just reading other responses. I thought mine was harmless enough to post as well.

I never got the impression that you were complaining about it. You just asked a question. I am pre nursing so I can not answer that question but good luck.

[bekindtokittens]

I'm a first semester student, and we covered care plans early in Fundamentals. Now that we have started clinicals, we are to write a care plan every week on our assigned patient. So far I've written two care plans according to my school's standards, and they've been about 10 pages each. We also write up a concept map with each patient.