This nursing care plan is for patients who are experiencing urinary retention. Patients can experience urinary retention for numerous reasons. Some of these reasons include: strictures, prostate enlargement, drug side effects, diabetic neuropathy, uteterocele, just to name a few. Urinary retention is where patients are unable to completely empty their bladder of urine. Patients will most commonly tell [...]
Free Care Plans
Free care plans list: Browse our care plan database for nurses and nursing students below to learn more about how care plans are arranged, organized, and created. We have placed these care plans online so that nursing students (and pre-nursing students) can get an idea of how care plans are created, and what care plans will look like in nursing school. These are meant for educational purposes only, and are not designed to be actual treatment protocols for patients.
While we encourage nursing students to view these care plans to help them understand how they are developed (and to practice creating them), students should never copy them as their own homework. It is very important to learn how care plans are created, as this is a vital part of the nursing process--even though they can be tedious to complete in nursing school. If you want to learn more about care plans, please see our nursing care plans article.
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Bowel Incontinence Related to | Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes
This nursing care plan is for patients who are experiencing bowel incontinence. Patients can experience bowel incontinence for numerous reasons. Some of these reasons include: impaired control of rectal sphincter, cognitive impairment, over distention of the rectum due to fecal impaction, just to name a few. Bowel incontinence is where a patient loses the ability [...]
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Risk for Self Harm Related to | Suicide Depression Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes
This nursing care plan is for patients that are at risk for self harm. This care plan includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventions and outcomes for the following conditions: Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress, personality disorder, or somatoform disorders. Patients who are at risk for self harm need to be [...]
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Risk for Infection related to | Cancer Neutropenia Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes Goals
This nursing care plan Risk for Infection includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventions and outcomes for the following conditions: Patients who have undergone treatment for cancer or currently have an untreated cancer can develop who is called Neutropenia. Neutropenia is where a patient does not have enough “fighting cells” to [...]
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Risk for Injury Related to | Diplopia Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes Goals
This nursing care plan Risk for Injury includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventions and outcomes for the following conditions: Diplopia also known as Double Vision Pt with diplopia, double vision, are at risk for injury due to an impairment of one of the five senses, vision. Patients with diplopia see two images of [...]
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements | Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes Goals
This nursing care plan includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventions and outcomes for the following conditions: Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? [...]
Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Cellulitis Ineffective Tissue Perfusion | Nanda Nursing Interventions and Outcomes Goals
This nursing care plan includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventiosn and outcomes for the following conditions: Cellulitis What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan [...]
Nursing Diagnosis for Pulmonary Embolism | Nursing Care Plan Interventions Impaired Gas Exchanged Related to
This nursing care plan include a diagnosis, and many interventions for the following conditions: Pulmonary Embolism, PE What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give [...]
Nursing Diagnosis for COPD | Nursing Care Plan & Interventions for COPD
These nanda nursing care plans include a diagnosis, and many interventions for the following conditions: COPD What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give an example of how [...]
Nursing Care Plan for Hypertension | Nanda Nursing Care Plans for Hypertension with Diagnosis and Interventions
These nanda nursing care plans include a diagnosis, and many nursing interventions for the following conditions: Hypertension What are nursing care plans (ncb)? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give an example of how a [...]
Nursing Care Plan for Pain Related to Malignant Melanoma | Diagnosis and Interventions for Skin Cancer
This nursing care plan diagnosis, and interventions for the following conditions: Pain Related to Malignant Melanoma Skin Cancer What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give an example [...]
Free Nursing Care Plan for HIV | Diagnosis, Interventions for AIDS and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
This free nursing care plan for HIV with diagnosis and interventions can be used for the following conditions: AIDS and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions for Chest Pain, Myocardial Infarction, MI, Heart Attack, Acute Pain
This premade nursing care plan diagnosis, and interventions for the following conditions: Chest Pain, Myocardial Infarction, MI, Heart Attack, and Acute Pain What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions for Disturbed Body Image, Residual Limb, Amputation, and Amputee
This free nursing care plan diagnosis, and interventions for the following conditions: Disturbed Body Image, Residual Limb, Amputation, and Amputee What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give an example [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions for Anxiety, Nervousness, Inability to Cope, and Ineffective Individual Coping
This free nursing care plan is for the following conditions: Anxiety, Nervousness, Inability to Cope, and Ineffective Individual Coping What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is listed to give an [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions Impaired Physical Activity, Alteration in Activity Intolerance, Inability to Ambulate, and Limited Range of Motion (ROM)
This free nursing care plan is for the following conditions: Impaired Physical Activity, Alteration in Activity Intolerance, Inability to Ambulate, and Limited Range of Motion (ROM) What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions Hypothermia, Low Body Temperature, Inability to Regulate Body Temperature.
This nursing care plan and diagnosis with nursing interventions is for the following conditions: Hypothermia, Low Body Temperature, Inablility to Regulate Body Temperature. What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing care plan? This care plan is [...]
Nursing Care Plan, Diagnosis, Interventions Risk For Aspiration, Impaired Swallowing, Ineffective Swallowing, Difficulty Swallowing, Dysphagia, Peg Tube Feeding, and Difficulty chewing.
This nursing care plan and diagnosis with nursing interventions is for the following condition: Risk For Aspiration, Impaired Swallowing, Ineffective Swallowing, Difficulty Swallowing, Dysphagia, Peg Tube Feeding, and Difficulty Chewing. What are nursing care plans? How do you develop a nursing care plan? What nursing care plan book do you recommend helping you develop a nursing [...]