Care Plan help....

[cmj806]

I am a first year nursing student, currently the class I am in is Quality, safety, and Nursing Theory. This class is pretty much just lecture. Next semester we have fundamentals. Our teacher has given us an assignment to write a care plan, but she has not really gone over anything. Right now in class we are basically just learning about Nursing theorists and evidence based practice. When asked what she is looking for she just says look in the book. I have medical experience, I am currently a surgical technologist, but I am finding this very difficult. She wants us to be very detailed, is telling us to pick what we want to do it on, but isn't really being descriptive. I am at a loss. Can anyone tell me where I should begin?

Christina

[NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN]

So what is the actual assignment you are having difficulty with? Do you need to find a theorist to research? Do you have a scenario to do a care plan on?

Tell us the exact assignment and then tell us what you have thought of so far and we can help you better.

Or are you maybe just frustrated with the class teaching style?

[cmj806]

No, I do not need help with a theorist. I am not frustrated with the teaching style, I never said that. I am asking for advice and tips on how to start a nursing plan when you have never done one and your teacher isn't giving a lot of information. The exact assignment in her words, "Make a care plan, use your book. You can pick your subject."

[NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN]

Ok that's more clear.

How to Write a Care Plan:

So first, you need a patient (even if it is imaginary) with problems.

Second, write any signs/symptoms they might be having.

Look through the list of NANDA nursing diagnoses and choose one appropriate to one of their problems. Try to choose the highest priority problem rather than a less acute one. For example, difficulty breathing instead of an itchy toe.

Write what the pt would say/do if their problem were fixed.

Then using your nursing diagnosis, write all of the interventions you can do to help fix the problem.

For each intervention, write a rationale of why it works to help the pt.

Write whether or not each intervention "worked" by saying if the pt said/did what you said they would if their problem were fixed. (For real patients only)

Last, write what the next step will be, if it to continue the interventions, to monitor for relapse, etc. (for real patients only)

Just don't forget your bibliography.

[NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN]

I think the words you were looking for are: "Thank you.

[cmj806]

I didn't know you replied to this post. It wasn't intentional. Wow people take things so personally on this board. M

[vanilla bean]

It may not have been intentional the first time. But still no thank you after you became aware that NurseOnAMotorcycle took the time to clarify your question and reply to your post with step-by-step instructions about how to achieve your goal? Just a snarky remark? A little humility goes a long way, particularly when asking strangers for help. Just sayin'.

[cmj806]

I actually did say thank you, or at least I thought I did. As you can see it actually appears the whole post did not post. See the random M thats all alone? There was more to the post, or at least I intended it. Thank you. I am sorry I didn't reply. I didn't come back to this bored until just a few days ago and to perfectly honest I even forgot I had posted that here. I saw it under my activity tab. It wasn't intentional. Honestly it wasn't.

[amdelay]

So this post may not have been helpful to other. But for me it's a gold mine. thank you so much. I am having a heck of a time with my care plans as second semester student. i have to redo one of my diognosises and the APA formatting for the bib is so killing me.