A plea for nursing care plans :'(

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

Charley83 — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:47:12 GMT

HI as a previous District Nurse and now a 1st year vet nurse I have decided to start care planning the now even though its 2nd year stuff as its the one thing I understand. I,m fed up of RLT as that's the model we used for all our human plans - so far i,ve decided to use Ability model for medical care plans and for surgical day cases a modified Orems model we got at college. The pink book is really good or any human nursing book will have them. I have loads of stuff in my boos on then. Don't know if I could scan them and send to you. At my TP its usually just kennel sheets.

There is an example of a RLT care plan on RCVS site too,

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

fnewboult — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:31:37 GMT

If you're still needing info on this I can dig out details of my old references from when I wrote one of my care plan assignments if you like. (I used the ability model cos I think it's the easiest to understand) Bookwise the pink book has a load of care plan info as does the newer version of the "Handbook of veterinary nursing" (Orpet & Welsh) which has a whole chapter on applying the ability model. There have also been a lot of articles published in the veterinary nurse recently along with some older ones in the VNJ.

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

SharonSP — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:25:35 GMT

Most posts have already recommended the main sources of information. Definately BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing 5th Edition has a large chapter about nursing care plans. The main ones used in Veterinary Nursing are The Orem Model, The Roper, Logan and Tierney Model (both human models but can be adapted for Veterinary use) and then the Ability Model (Orpet & Jefferies) which is now a recognised Veterinary Care plan and is a combination of the Orem and RLT models. Good luck

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

Kelly Eyre — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:43:13 GMT

Search for Google Scholar for any books that you don't want to buy.

They show about 50% of the pages, and have all the information for referencing too.

Plenty of there involving care plans.

I just handed my medical nursing assignment in with a massive help from Scholar!

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

SuzyM — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:04:43 GMT

Hi. When I did this assignment, after much agonising over the rather vague guidelines, I read the chaper in the BSAVA manual and took out a few books from the library on human nursing care plans. I then designed a simplified care plan which I could use in practice (we don't usually use written plans) and applied this and also the RL&T, Orem and Orpet & Jefferies plans to one of my patients to compare them, and discussed my findings. It was quite a good exercise as I experienced a few different approaches, and the assessors liked the comparisons!

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

laceylp1990 — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:51:50 GMT

I have quite a few books but not that one :(

I will survive by the power of google

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

kerryfeehan — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:32:30 GMT

Hi, do you have the 5th edition BSAVA vet nursing text book (its pink)? That has a whole section in regards to care plans and also examples of various care plans. I found this essential for my vet nursing assignment on care plans.

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

Vicki McDill — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:15:27 GMT

Orpet and jefferey is the newish veterinary one. Its the only veterinary care plan at the moment and has been published quite a bit in the veterinary nurse journal. Hope that helps x

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

laceylp1990 — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:46:21 GMT

That would be fabulous if you could. I'm literally on a wing and a prayer...... and pro plus :0

Re: A plea for nursing care plans :'(

MPop — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:55:36 GMT

What do you need to know?

I teach and use the Orem and the RLT models for my students, which are human ones (models not students ) but commonly used in Veterinary medicine.

Do you need copies or.......