Writing goals and nursing orders

[BuddyDough]

OK I'm confussed...In the Nursing Process there are the assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning of outcomes and interventions, and evaluation. In planning outcomes we the nurse set goals and have a specific way of writing them. My instructor asks, "How do you write a goal?" OK It must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed. Such as: "The patient will lose 10 lbs. in 2 months." So when the instructor writes. "How do you write nursing orders?" What do you think she is asking for???????

[kids]

'Nursing orders' are the tasks nursing performs that assist the patient in meeting the goal(s).

[BuddyDough]

Ah ok thanks! Goals are for the patients to follow and orders are for the nurses to follow! Got it! Thanks again.

[khotso mayelane]

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[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

Ah ok thanks! Goals are for the patients to follow and orders are for the nurses to follow! Got it! Thanks again.

No. Goals are the outcomes the nurse would like to see for the patient.

"Nursing orders" should be nursing interventions, or the things nursing does to help meet the established goals.

[BuddyDough]

OK determined to get this right. So in the Nursing Process Goals are written in the Planning Phase for the need of the client. In the Nursing Order the Intervention is done by the nurse to help the client meet their goal.

[PsychNurseWannaBe, BSN, RN]

OK determined to get this right. So in the Nursing Process Goals are written in the Planning Phase for the need of the client. In the Nursing Order the Intervention is done by the nurse to help the client meet their goal.

OK...

The goal is simply that. It is a measurable and obtainable specific objective for the patient.

For example. The patient will ambulate 150 feet in hallway three times a day without assistance prior to discharge.

Interventions can be done by whoever the nurse states is responsible. Normally between the nurses and CNAs

[BuddyDough]

:) Thank you!