Nursing Care Plans

Surgical intervention may be needed to diagnose or cure a specific disease process, correct a deformity, restore a functional process or reduce the level of dysfunction.

A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes.

This guide will explain the different components of a nursing care plan including the step-by-step guide on how to write a nursing care plan. 

Nursing care planning goals for a child with brain tumor centers on relieving pain, reducing anxiety, and promoting an understanding of the signs and symptoms of increased ICP and expected changes in body appearance related to the planned cranial surgery.

Nursing care planning of a patient with a fracture, whether casted or in traction, is based upon prevention of complications during healing. Here are eight (8) nursing care plans for fracture: 

Nursing care planning goals for a client with hypertension includes adherence to therapeutic regimen, lifestyle modifications, and prevention of complications are the focus of the nursing care for patient with hypertension. Here are six (6) hypertension nursing care plans: 

Nursing care planning goals of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) involves teaching the patient to avoid situations that decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure or cause esophageal irritation.

Nursing care planning goals for the child with acute glomerulonephritis is directed toward the excretion of excess fluid through urination [...] Here are four (4) nursing care plans (NCP) for Acute Glomerulonephritis:

Congenital hip dysplasia (also known as developmental hip dysplasia) is related to abnormal hip development that may arise during the fetal life. The abnormalities include hip instability, preluxation, subluxation, and dislocation.

Acute rheumatic fever is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that occurs 2 to 6 weeks following an untreated or undertreated group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection. It affects the heart, joints, brain, and skin.