Nursing Care Plans (NCP): Ultimate Guide And List

Dr. Nancyruth Leibold listed thirty types of writing that nurses may encounter. The topic I have chosen is the development of the plan of care. A care plan is what is widely used in the medical field to create a program that is specified for that patient to follow and re-evaluate for its effectiveness. This provides a plan for the next course of action and allows other healthcare staff personnel overseeing the patient to follow the objective to get to the goal that is set. As a nurse, I have encountered many care plans for my residents/patients. It’s like following a cookbook recipe. This care plan continues to be reassessed, added, removed, or slightly changed. According to the text called, “Nursing Care Plans (NCP): Ultimate Guide and List” by Matt Vera, he stated that “Planning and delivering individualized or patient-centered care is the basis of excellence in nursing practice (Vera, 2023). He provided a series of ways of developing a care plan. His purpose for writing was to

It has a reason for the purpose of its topic, a direction, and what could conclude from it. As a reader itself, I find it beneficial and a good example of what professional writing should be about. This writing was targeted at those in the medical field such as nurses, doctors, and other professionals that are involved in the patient’s care. In this text by Matt Vera, he wrote what a nursing care plan is, its purpose, how to create one, and its outcomes. For example, a patient comes into the clinic that requires medical help. He/She has been overseen by doctors and a care plan was created. The nurse’s duty would be to help create and oversee those care plans, evaluate their effectiveness, and report to the healthcare provider. In order to be in the same field that is taking care of that patient, good professional writing is needed so that the writing is accurate, and understood by