Care plans + finding Nsg articles: 2 really good websites everyone should know about!

[IvoryLena]

http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/#New

This website is highly recommended by all my friends if you have problems writing care plans. It is actually a care plan generator, all you do is pick what applies to your patient and out pops a complete care plan. I would like to stress DONT RELY to heavily on this website because in my own personal exp. you may have to write a care plan whenever and wherever you instructor see's fit. Make sure you know how to become a generator yourself before using this. :)

http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/index.asp#journals

If you need a nursing journal article, heres your place. It cost money for most of the articles but some are free. In my exp using it I was always able to find a free article for just about any topic I needed. Make sure if it says it cost money for a article to click on it and scroll down, because sometimes it only cost money if you print the article. Great for Nursing research papers. :)

[romerog]

Thank you, Manaig.

I wonder if there is a careplan for a hospice patient or would it be for the family? Like a case of acute renal failure, probably DNR.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

if you go back to post #1 on this thread you will find a link to the gulanick care plan constructor. when you get to that webpage, click on "select a diagnosis" to pull up a list of some of the nursing diagnoses in the constructor. the gulanick sites gives you choices for noc outcomes, nic interventions, the nanda definition of the nursing diagnosis, some information about that particular problem and how it is generally treated, a list of the defining characteristics, a list of related factors, the expected outcomes, what your ongoing assessment should include, therapeutic interventions, patient education and continuity of care. rationales are included for most of the interventions.

the other free online care plan is the one for the ackley and ladwig nursing diagnosis handbook. here is the link to their website.

http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/evolve/ackley/ndh7e/constructor/

this link currently takes you to a list of the 75 nursing diagnoses in the constructor. it gives you the nanda definition of the nursing diagnosis, a listing of the defining characteristics, a listing of the related factors, suggestions for noc outcomes, listings of nic interventions with rationales for most and research included if there is any, home care interventions, client/family teaching and often a link to a listing of references for the research that is quoted in the rationales. as in their book, nursing interventions with a round bullet in front of them indicate these are independent nursing interventions; those with a triangle indicate these are collaborative nursing interventions. the site, however, is new and still under construction so the way you access these may change as they continue to improve the site.

romerog. . .when you are doing any care plan you always start with the assessment data you have gathered on your patient in order to determine the problems that need to be addressed by the nurse. someone who is dnr and in hospice has a lot of issues surrounding basic comfort care as well as, perhaps, some emotional issues related to dying. you should also check this thread for more information on care planning: https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/desperately-need-help-careplans-170689.html - desperately need help with careplans (in nursing student assistance forum). if you do a search of allnurses using the words "nanda" (use lower case letters) or "diagnosis", you will find many threads on care plan questions that students have asked.

[bradley_co]

thank you!!!! it's hard to find good articles on the net and the articles in our library are almost out of date

[heygirl]

Thanks!! I Will Be Starting My Nursing Classes In January And This Seems Very Helpful.

[keiah]

yeah it is a big help but let us consider that we still have to know the basic and we need to use our NANDA still...:)

[azrn08]

I am a newbie who was just excepted into the nursing program and I have bookmarked the sites for the future. Thanks

[hanging in there]

thanks for the careplan websites!!!:thankya: i'm getting ready to do a careplan on a cva patient in a long term facility. keep up the information, it helps. merry christmas and happy new year to all the nurses out there

[kokosmom]

Hello,

I just completed my first semester in nursing school, used "the complete care plan book" for my care plans - it helped, but did not use it totally for my care plans - needed to have my own thoughts in there as well. It did help me out though in many cases. It will be good for the rest of the semesters as well. It has OB/Peds, Geriatrics, Adult, etc.

[vanna_doll]

ei tnx! i havnt giv tht a try bt i know that the websites would be very useful for me. i've been searching for those also before bt unfortunately for me, i wasn't able to found even 1, but tnx to you i got two sources now..tnx so much......:wink2:

[MaiMoon]

thanks alot

[chaoticnme]

Wow, what a find...that is pretty cool

[franciscangypsy]

Could there be a website for independent nursing interventions. Pls. help.

struggling here.

Not that I know of. If you look for careplan books, however, you might have more luck. My nursing careplan book is a GODSEND! (Don't remember the title... it's purple, though, and says nursing careplanning on it...)

Hope this teensy bit of info helps in some minute way...:monkeydance:

(grins) I like the monkey dance. (Yes, careplans are destroying my brain)