Do you second year students still do written care plans?

maire, ASN, RN · Oct 2, 2004

I wish. I'm STILL doing them. :stone

Ruylupez · Oct 2, 2004

Our careplans for first year were so long they drove me crazy.

For second year they are twice as long and no we can't avoid them by doing well first year.

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Oct 2, 2004

So far this semester, I've only done one (for mental health), not sure what we'll have to do for Chronic Illness rotation though.

Lucky you!

landonsles · Oct 2, 2004

This is my first semester and my school is trying something new this year. We don't do careplans--we do concept maps. We fit all our info into little circles on one page. Then each nsg dx has it's own concept map. There is no direction ("just do it") and every teacher has her own way of doing a concept map, so it is a little difficult. On more than one occassion I have asked myself if careplans would be better.

shape0fmyheart · Oct 2, 2004

This is my first semester and my school is trying something new this year. We don't do careplans--we do concept maps. We fit all our info into little circles on one page. Then each nsg dx has it's own concept map. There is no direction ("just do it") and every teacher has her own way of doing a concept map, so it is a little difficult. On more than one occassion I have asked myself if careplans would be better.

I'm in my 3rd semester and we have new teachers this time, they are doing the concept maps and also a lot of case studies. I prefer the care plans...

cherokeesummer · Oct 3, 2004

Second semester - still doing care plans in pencil! LOL ROFL

bluesky, BSN, RN · Oct 3, 2004

You know harking back on nursing school I remember how much I hated care plans... I thought I'd never have to do one again after I graduated. Well imagine the shock, when, much to my chagrin, I was informed that each and every admission to my SICU requires an in depth problem list with nursing diagnoses.... :uhoh21: So as much as you hate them now... you may need these skills in the future. :)

LeesieBug · Oct 3, 2004

I better duck....someone may throw something at me..... :chair:

Our school doesn't seem too obsessed with care plans. I am in my third semester, and we have only done one care plan (second semester), that was part on an enormous "assessment paper". That's it, and I haven't heard a thing about ever having to do any more. The papers though...ugh.

Jen2 · Oct 3, 2004

Second year student here and stil doing careplans. All 28 pages worth every week. We go to the hospital and pre-plan on wednesday. Our clinical days are on thursday and friday. Friday night at the end of our clinical we must have the completed 28 paged careplan turned in. I hate doing them, because I'd rather be studying. I also hate pre-planning because I learn more about my patient during report than I do from doing a careplan, but I just do what I have to do in order to get by.

shortsteph12 · Oct 3, 2004

28 pages you poor thing. In my 3rd semester and we have to do 5 nursing diagnosis and also write out all the possible nursing diagnosis. But in the spring after you turn in a couple of sets of careplans if your paperwork is good than you don't have to do them anymore yeah! I agree I would rather be studying but, it does help in knowing what to look for and how to care for that patient.

Tucwebb · Oct 3, 2004

Had to do them for 1st and 2nd semester, but for 3rd semester we have to do mind maps - the same as concept mapping - with the patient centered in the middle and 5 or 6 nursing diagnoses, interventions, and evaluations surrounding the patient. We present them at post-conference in clinicals, first giving the patient's diagnoses, then having the students discuss what nursing diagnoses are priority for the patient, and then comparing those discussed with the ones you listed. Very low stress.