Authors

1Paola Villalgordo Ortín, 2Blanca Marín Fernández

Position

¹Enfermera. Jefe de Unidad de Programas de Cuidados de Enfermería del Hospital de Navarra.²Enfermera. Licenciada en Antropología Cultural y Social.Doctora por la Universidad Pública de Navarra. Profesora titular de Enfermería Médico-Quirúrgica. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Pública de Navarra.

Contact address

Dir. Enf. Hosp. de Navarra. Avda. Irunlarrea. 31007 Pamplona.

Abstract

This article depicts a method for the elaboration of Standardised Care Plans (SCP) that uses an inductive approach as part of the systematisation of the activities that nurses use routinely in the different healthcare services to reach nursing diagnoses and the interdependent problems implicit to them. The method consists of five stages, starting with the observation of the practice where a list of activities is listed and where the profile of each type of patient is defined. The study continues with bibliographic documentation of the pathological process, a reflection of the fundament that supports each activity, formulation of interdependent problems and nursing diagnosis, and lastly with a definition of objectives, identification criteria and altered need. The resulting Standardised Care Plan is subjected to a validation process carried out by welfare nurses, teaching nurses and nurse managers.

Keywords:

care plan; nursing plan; nursing diagnosisopportunity for improvement

Versión en Español

Título:

Abordaje inductivo: un método útil para la elaboración de planes de cuidados estandarizados