ABSTRACT: Nursing care plans are portrayed as a key part of ideal human and veterinary nursing care as they encourage nurses to move away from nursing a patient as a condition to nursing them as an individual. However, despite arguments for their use within practice, the uptake is slow and challenges are encountered when implementing nursing care plans. This literature review aims to explore the reasoning behind such challenges and provide potential solutions or alternatives to the use of nursing care plans.

Author

Carlie Victoria Rowlinson Dip AVN (Small Animal), DipHE CVN, RVN

Carlie qualified as an RVN from Myerscough College in 2012 and completed the Diploma of Higher Education in Clinical Veterinary Nursing in July 2016. In January 2017 she gained her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing with first-class honours. Carlie currently works at Lanes Vets Ltd in Lancashire, where she is the Lead Clinic Nurse. Carlie has a special interest in medical nursing, in particular nurse clinics and improving patient care.

E-mail: carlierowlinson@hotmail.co.uk

Keywords: Clinical, Nursing care

To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 32 (08) • August 2017 pp218-223

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