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HSE National Procedure

National Procedure for the use of Standardised Clinical Care Plans in the Public Health Nursing Service


Topic: Use of standardised clinical care plans in the public health nursing service
Document Owner: National lead for public health nursing (phn) service, onmsd
National Group: National public health nursing (phn) service, onmsd
Effective From: 19 March 2024
The purpose of this procedure is to provide guidance to all registered nurses/midwives working within the Public Health Nursing Service on the use of Standardised clinical care plans.

 To provide guidance to all nurses/midwives on the use of standardised clinical care plans.

 To guide nurses/midwives on individualising the standardised clinical care plans in order to address the individual needs of the client.

 To promote best practice regarding the recording of clinical practice including assessment, problem identification, goal planning, intervention and evaluation in the client healthcare record in a standardised way.