Main description:

Why is care planning important? How can you use care planning effectively in your own practice? Being able to plan the care of patients is one of most important aspects of a nurse's role. Using an interactive approach, this book explores the reasons why care planning is so important and explains the theory behind the practice, providing a step-by-step guide to assessing patients, diagnosing problems, planning goals and interventions, and evaluating progress.

Contents:

Part 1 -. Care planning theory Chapter 1 - Care planning in context Chapter 2 - ASPIRE -- The problem- solving approach to care delivery Chapter 3 - Models of nursing and the Activities of Living Model Chapter 4 - Orem's Self-Care Model of Nursing Chapter 5 - The Neuman Systems Model Chapter 6 - Assessment tools Chapter 7 - Organising care planning and delivery Part 2 - Application to practice Chapter 8 - Assessment Chapter 9 - Systematic nursing diagnosis Chapter 10 - Planning care Chapter 11 - Implementation Chapter 12 - Rechecking and evaluation Appendix A - Suzy Clarke Appendix B - George Brown Appendix C - Shoaib Hameed