NURS 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Clinical Pathway, Nursing Process, Nursing Care Plan
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During planning, you determine client-centred goals, set priorities, develop expected outcomes of nursing care, and develop a nursing care plan. Priority setting helps you anticipate and sequence nursing interventions when a client has multiple nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems. Multiple factors in the nursing care environment influence your ability to set priorities. Goals and expected outcomes provide clear direction for the selection and use of nursing interventions and provide focus for evaluation of the effectiveness of the interventions. In setting goals, the time frame depends on the nature of the problem, etiology, overall condition of the client, and treatment setting. A client-centred goal is singular, observable, measurable, time-limited, mutual, and realistic. An expected outcome is an objective criterion for goal achievement. Care plans and critical pathways increase communication among nurses and facilitate the continuity of care from one nurse to another and from one health care setting to another.
