C H A P T E R
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care intervention
care maps
clinical pathways
computerised plan of care
consultation
discharge planning
goal
initial planning
nursing or midwifery intervention
ongoing planning
plan of person-centred care
standardised plan of care
KEY TERMS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this chapter, the learner should be able to accomplish the following:
1.
Describe the purpose and benefits of planning person-centred care
2.
Identify three elements of comprehensive planning
3.
Prioritise the person’s health problems
4.
Describe how a person’s goals and nursing and midwifery care interventions are linked to the identified health
problems
5.
Develop a person-centred plan of care with goals that relate to nursing or midwifery interventions
6.
Differentiate between nurse and midwife-initiated interventions and medical(doctor)-initiated interventions
7.
Use criteria to evaluate planning skills
8.
Describe five common problems related to person-centred planning, their possible causes and remedies.
Planning
person-centred care
identify goals of care, select evidence-based care interventions
and communicate the plan of care. The purpose of planning
person-centred care is to address current and potential health
problems. The plan of care is based on the information col-
lected during the health assessment phase. The subjective and
objective data are analysed and synthesised and this leads to
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LANNING PERSON-CENTRED CARE is the third
phase in the process of delivering and evaluating care.
This process of planning care is explored throughout
this chapter in the context of person-centred care (see Figure
17-1). The process involves the nurse or midwife working in
partnership with the person and family to establish priorities,
