Care plan practice?

these kind of take you through a step-by-step approach. they were done by the nurse educator of a hospital.

• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs2.pdf - adult surgical care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs3.pdf - adult icu care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs4.pdf - pediatric care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs5.pdf - pediatric icu care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs6.pdf - prenatal care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs7.pdf - psychiatric care planning case study activity
  
• http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing/snl/cs8.pdf - ambulatory patient care planning case study activity

i would suggest that you practice with some of the nursing diagnoses that are used most. for example decreased cardiac output is one that gets used a lot for congestive heart failure and cardiac problems involving arrhythmias. the pathophysiology of chf and the way the electrical system of the heart works needs to be understood to use this diagnosis correctly. pulmonary problems are also big, so ineffective airway clearance, ineffective breathing pattern and impaired gas exchange get used a lot. the nanda taxonomy is printed in the appendix of the hard cover medical dictionaries and it is important to know this information. you can also access some diagnoses on these two websites:

• http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/evolve/ackley/ndh7e/constructor/
  
• http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/merlin/gulanick/constructor/index.cfm

a bunch of members have been hashing out a real case on this thread

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/case-study-anyone-interested-interactice-one-335995.html