Health Care

Patient Care Planning

Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Care Planning, Patient
  • Planning, Patient Care
  • Goals of Care
  • Nursing Care Plans
  • Plans, Nursing Care
  • Care Goal
  • Care Goals
  • Care Plan, Nursing
  • Care Plans, Nursing
  • Nursing Care Plan
  • Plan, Nursing Care

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for individual patient: do not confuse with PATIENT-CENTERED CARE which is institutional & administrative management

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History Note

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Tree Number

  1. N04w.590.233.624

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient Care Planning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010347. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010347
  2. Patient Care Planning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70340939