Care plans

A care plan is a process that nurses follow to correctly identifying existing needs, as well as recognising potential needs or risks. Care plans allow nurses, their patients, and other healthcare providers to communicate health care outcomes.

Nervecentre care plans help you deliver consistent high-quality patient care. In most nursing workplaces, patient care is a team effort. Whether it’s one nurse taking over another’s shift, or a collaboration between different healthcare professionals, having a consistent care plan is what ensures everyone is on the same page.

A nursing care plan contains all the relevant information of any issue identified, including the goals of treatment, the specific nursing orders, what observations are needed, what actions must be performed, and a plan for evaluation. Over the course of the patient’s stay, the plan is updated with any changes and new information.