Care plan revision and implementation

Nursing

Why should nurses revise the care plan and determine further outcomes in accordance with evaluation data?

Nurses should revise their plan of action towards care and determine the potential outcomes in correlation with existing data. The studies that have taken place to provide evaluation data were intended for their results to be used as guidelines for nurses (Street, 2005). Therefore, care plan revision with the data in mind is highly effective and expected of nurses who are in the midst of revising (Street, 2005). Data is also useful for predicting or hypothesizing future outcomes that may occur due to the nurse's care plan (Andrews, 2008). The ability to expect a particular outcome from a care plan is extremely beneficial as it saves time for nurses and allows for easier patient care (Andrews, 2008). Achieving this is done by revising care plans and determining further results associated with evaluation data.

How can nurses revise the care plan (revise expected outcomes, nursing interventions and priorities with any change in patient's condition, needs or situational variations, communicate new information and revisions to members of the health care team, etc.)

It is essential for nurses to revise the care plane, anticipate outcomes, list priorities, and communicate changes and new information to other members of the staff (Andrews, 2008). Efficiency will be increased within the hospital or place of work if nurses continually revise their plan so that it is up-to-date (Andrews, 2008). Nurses can accomplish this by frequently researching and integrating current guidelines for nursing plans specific to their field and then communicating the information to colleagues (Street, 2005). This allows for the whole staff to be on the same page as far as plan revision and priorities go (Andrews, 2008). Considering teamwork is a substantial part of nursing, it is positive for everyone to have the same idea about how to revise care plans accurately (Street, 2005). Therefore, the communication aspect of plan revision should not be overlooked (Andrews, 2008).

Explain why it important for patient to participate in their care

At its core, nursing is about care and providing what is necessary in order to serve the patient accurately and making their experience of care as pleasant as possible (Street, 2005). Thus, it is vital for nurses to allow and encourage patients to participate in their care. Simply listening to what the patient has to say about their care can be extremely effective and saves time (Street, 2005). Listening helps nurses avoid dissatisfied patients by adhering to their requests at the outright rather than having to spend time correcting decisions. Granted, if nurses were to listen to and follow every patient request, too much time would be spent with their patients but spending a few minutes to hear important concerns is very beneficial (Andrews, 2008). Also, nurses can ignore patient advice as far as medical procedures are concerned because they obviously don't have the medical expertise to being advice on such matters (Street 2005). It is important that patient's are able to lend their discretion because every decision made by a medical staff member in their regard effects their life and ultimately their life as a whole (Street, 2005). A healthy relationship between patient and nurse yields positive outcomes and allowing patients to participate in their own care leads to a better relationship (Andrews 2008). Nurses need to keep in mind the balance that exists between letting patients participate and voice their opinions about their care and not allowing patients to dictate the entirety of their stay in the care facility.

Explain why patients do not wish to be actively involved in their care, and how nurses can help with this situation