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Individualized healthcare plans (IHP) are a tool that school nurses use to facilitate the well-being and the academic success of all learners. Documentation promotes sound planning, coordination, continuity, and evaluation of care.
Assessment provides the foundation for development of an IHP.
What are your student’s health issues?
Nursing Diagnosis details how the student is going to function in the school setting with this condition. There are three types of Nursing Diagnosis: Actual, Risk, and Wellness.
It gives direction to:
Goals are a statement of what is desired. Goals must be measurable and attainable. They should describe a measurable that is evident after nursing interventions have been completed. All goals will very depending on the setting and the student.
Nursing Interventions describe what’s going to be done to meet the identifiable goals. Nursing interventions will very by the setting and the student. Some may be delegated but be careful to know your state’s delegation laws.
Expected Outcomes are what the student is expected to do, experience or learn.
Essential characteristics of outcome criteria are that they must be:
Evaluation is done after completing a care plan and allows the school nurse to make judgments about the student’s progress toward identified goals
Questions to consider:
