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Nursing Care Plans Connecting Assessments to Effective
The simple chain markers look for, from assessment findings to measurable outcomes.
Care plans that link up
A care plan is a chain. If one link is missing, you lose marks.
Assessment to diagnosis
Every diagnosis needs evidence from your assessment written next to it.
If you can’t point to the assessment finding, the diagnosis doesn’t belong in the plan.Margin note from Faith
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