As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Plan of Care. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Plan of Care:

	POLICY: The plan for nursing care prescribes nursing actions to achieve the goals. The plan for nursing care in the intraoperative setting reflects the preoperative assessment, priorities for nursing action and a logical sequence of nursing activity to attain stated goals, which are individualized to the patient's needs. PROCEDURE: Nursing actions in the intraoperative setting include the following: Patient education Patient identification Surgical site identification Informed consent verification Verification of diagnostic test results in the patient's medical record Outcome...
Second excerpt:
	...the patient, including continued assessment of patient status Obtain further diagnostic data related to changes in the patient's condition and/or reassessment analysis Communication of intraoperative information to appropriate members of the healthcare team Maintenance of safe environment The plan of care is documented: Preoperatively on the Surgical Checklist and Preoperative Nursing Record Intraoperatively on the Intraoperative Nursing Record Immediately postoperatively on the PACU...