Using Orem's Model.

: My actual knowledge of care plans and nursing models was non-existent until my conversion course to RGN in 1989. I found it difficult to grasp and at times a paper exercise. A care plan should be used as a link between the outpatient's nurse and ward nurses involved with the patient's primary care and the personnel in theatre responsible for the patient. The purpose of nursing documentation is to show that care has been planned for each individual patient; to inform nursing staff and others involved in delivering care; to record changes in the patient's condition or care; to maintain continuity of care.