Review Flashcards
Care planning process in facilities
Method used to plan and deliver care in nursing homes
5 planning process
Assessment Nursing diagnosis Planning Implementing Evaluation
Assessment
- Collecting information about the client
- assessment of the clients emotion
Support workers play a key role in assessment
- Make observations and talk to the client
- report and record their findings
Nursing diagnosis
- RN uses assessment information to make a nursing diagnosis
- needs are arranged in order of importance
The nursing care plan
Written guide about clients care
Is a communication tool
Uses by nursing staff to see what care to give
Implementation
Performing out the actions in the care plan
Four main functions
- providing the care
- observing the client durning care
- report and record care
- report and record observations durning the care
*reporting and recording are done after giving care, not before
Evaluation
Measuring wheather goals in the planning step were meet
Care planning process in community settings
Also includes assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
Planning
- the case manager, client and family establish priorities
- includes services provided by family members outside professionals
Implementation
- Provide care in the date and time arranged by case manager
- unforeseen needs may arise
Evaluation
Is ongoing
Support worker role in the care planning process
Nurses uses support workers observations and feedback in care planning process
Developing observation skills
- Support workers spend more time with clients
- be alert to changes in clients conditions or behaviours