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Free module: Care planning - a guide for practice nurses

1. What is care planning?

a.

A systematic way of recording the actions


that patients need to take to keep well

b.

A means of supporting patients to


understand and condently manage their
own condition, deal with its
consequences, and know when to ask for
help

c.

A record of relevant contacts involved in


the patient's care and actions needed to
be taken by healthcare professionals

d.

An ecient way of reaching


recommended targets for patients with
long term conditions

e.

An evidence based written plan for the


patient to follow

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Care planning is the process of supporting people to understand and condently
manage their own condition, deal with its consequences, and know when to ask for
help.
2. What do you need to arrange before the patient attends for their
appointment in which you will be helping them plan their care?

a.

Adequate time, undisturbed


environment, and access to the relevant
documents

b.

A GP to be on duty in case there are any


problems

c.

The care plan template to be on the


computer

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d.

To get appropriate leaets printed out in


preparation

e.

Support staff to be available to assist with


procedures such as venesection and
recording electrocardiograms

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That's right.
You need to arrange your clinic so that you have adequate time, an undisturbed
environment, and access to the relevant documents. The other options may assist you
but are not necessary to go through this process.
3. What is the best way to help patients manage their condition well?

a.

Tell them about the appropriate NICE


guidelines for their condition

b.

Make sure that they are prescribed the


recommended medication

c.

Give them access to information in the


form of leaets and websites

d.

Support them to make their own


decisions that t their beliefs

e.

Refer them to the GP when they are not


meeting recommended targets for their
condition

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Support them to make their own decisions that t their beliefs by providing
personalised education and advice that is designed to promote informed decision
making. You may use some of the other options to assist in this process but they will
not meet the goal in isolation.
4. Which of these options is most important when helping a patient plan their
care?

a.

Use a care plan template that has been


agreed by your organisation

b.

Use a care plan template that helps you


meet the required targets for individual
long term conditions

c.

Work with the patient to meet their goals.


This is more important than how the plan

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is recorded
d.

Record everything you have discussed on


the plan

e.

Include essential information, ie name,


address, and date of birth

That's not right. The correct answer is c.


How you work with the patient is more important than how the plan is recorded. It is
important that you help them to reach their individual goals.
5. Which of these options should you consider when helping a patient plan
their care?

a.

Housing, employment, and education

b.

The specic clinical targets for their


disease

c.

Participation in community and leisure


activities

d.

The carers' role

e.

All of the above

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When helping a patient plan their care you should consider how their condition will
impact on housing, employment, education, and participation in community and
leisure activities as well as the specic clinical targets for their disease and the carers'
role.

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