Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 08, the student should be ready to
• Describe the critical elements of the planning step of nursing process
• Correlate the planning step to other steps of nursing process: assessment, problem identification, implementation, and evaluation
• Discuss methods used by the nurse to determine priorities for client care
• Describe the critical elements of a goal statement
• Define the types and characteristics of goals for nursing care
• Define 4 types of nursing orders
• Distinguish the categories of nursing interventions
• Discuss the plan of care for a client including the types of care plans and some strategies for effective care planning