Hi! I'm a first year nursing student obtaining my ADN! I'm currently taking a break from writing my 3rd care plan. Thankfully, I haven't had too much trouble writing them. However, I was curious how your teachers have you guys write out your care plans.
Our teacher has us do the usual medical dx, nursing, dx, and sub./obj. data. Then she has us list 3 short term goals and 3 long term goals accompanied by 3 interventions for each goal (18 interventions in all). Now, this wouldn't be so bad, however, she only lets us use our Fundamentals book as a reference for our rationales. I'm not a huge fan of our book just because of the way it's laid out (we use "Fundamentals of Nursing" by Potter and Perry, 8th edition).
Right now we're doing our clinicals at a local nursing home, and every patient that I've had has been nonverbal and bed bound, so I've had trouble figuring out how to start my care plans. Unfortunately, my teacher picks our diagnosis for us and we fill in the blanks based off of our assessment.
So, just out of curiosity, how does your teacher have you format your care plans?
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I feel ya, HeatherMaizey! I have said more than once, that through LVN school and RN school, I've really learned to be a good CNA.
Please give me a brief to change on a combative c-diff pt! That's easy compared to the thought of managing chest tubes or ventilator settings! [emoji23]
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I feel ya, HeatherMaizey! I have said more than once, that through LVN school and RN school, I've really learned to be a good CNA.
Please give me a brief to change on a combative c-diff pt! That's easy compared to the thought of managing chest tubes or ventilator settings! [emoji23]