FORMULATION OF

NURSING CARE PLANS &

HEALTH GOALS

Presented by

Shyam.s.s
I year m.sC nursing
The plan of care is a written guide that
organizes data about a client’s care into a
formal statement of the strategies that will
be implemented to help the client achieve
optimal health.

Nursing care plans usually include

components such as assessment, nursing
diagnoses, goals and expected outcomes,
nursing interventions, and evaluations.
TYPES OF CARE PLANS

There are several types of care plans.

These different types include:

student-oriented care plans

standardized care plans
institutional care plans
computerized care plans.
Student-oriented care plans
The student-oriented care plan promotes
learning of problem-solving skills, the nursing
process, verbal and written communication
skills, and organizational skills.

Standardized care plans

The standardized care plan is a pre-

planned, pre-printed guide for the nursing
care of client groups with common needs.
Institutional nursing care plans

Institutional nursing care plans are

concise documents that become a part of
the client’s medical record after discharge.

computerized care plans

Computers are used for creating and

storing nursing care plans and can
generate both standardized and
individualized nursing care plans.
STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE CARE
PLANNING

An important strategy for effective

planning is clear communication of the
client’s plan of care to other health care
personnel.

Another strategy for effective planning is

to establish a realistic nursing plan of care
because this will avoid setting a goal that
is too difficult or impossible to achieve.
HEALTH GOALS

Written health goals need to be

constructed clearly.

Clear, precise terminology improves the

chances that goals will be achieved.

Goals should be established to meet the

immediate, as well as long-term
prevention and rehabilitation, needs of the
client.
A short-term goal is a statement written
in objective format demonstrating an
expectation to be achieved in resolution of
the nursing diagnosis in a short period of
time, usually in a few hours or days.

A long-term goal is a statement written

in objective format demonstrating an
expectation to be achieved in resolution of
the nursing diagnosis over a longer period
of time, usually over weeks or months.
COMPONENTS IN CONSTRUCTION OF
HEALTH GOALS

Subject
The subject identifies the person who
will perform the desired behaviour or meet
the goal.

Task Statement
This component describes what the
client (or subject) will do to obtain an
expected change in behavior.
Criteria
Criteria are standards used to evaluate
whether the behavior demonstrated
indicates accomplishment of the goal.

Criteria may include:

A time limit
Amount of activity
Important characteristics of accurate
performance
Description of the performance to be
followed
Conditions
The next component to be included in
writing proper goals is the conditions
under which the client should perform or
demonstrate mastery of the task.

Time Frame
The last component to be included in
writing goals appropriately is the time
frame in which the client should perform or
demonstrate mastery of the task.