"Patient Care Planning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.
| Descriptor ID |
D010347
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.624
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| Concept/Terms |
Nursing Care Plans- Nursing Care Plans
- Care Plan, Nursing
- Care Plans, Nursing
- Nursing Care Plan
- Plan, Nursing Care
- Plans, Nursing Care
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Care Planning".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Care Planning" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Care Planning" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Care Planning" by people in Profiles.
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A qualitative study of goals of hospital care and health outcome goals among patients admitted for heart failure. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Oct; 151:109769.
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Increasing Goals of Care Discussions Among Veterans With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Health Administration Quality Improvement Initiative. Am J Gastroenterol. 2026 Aug 01; 121(8):1875-1884.
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Utilization of Bonney's Blue Dye as an Adjunct to Orthognathic Surgery Augmented by Virtual Surgical Planning. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 06 01; 36(4):1365-1367.
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Equity-based narratives in physician-family conversations about goals of care. Fam Syst Health. 2025 03; 43(1):150-156.
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Common mistakes and evidence-based approaches in goals-of-care conversations for seriously ill older adults in cardiac care unit. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2024 Aug 28; 13(8):629-633.
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Patient-centered development of a bladder cancer survivorship care plan. Support Care Cancer. 2024 May 31; 32(6):397.
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Goals of Care Among Parents of Children Receiving Palliative Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Aug 01; 177(8):800-807.
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Prognostication and Goals of Care Decisions in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Survey of The Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference Working Group. J Neurotrauma. 2023 08; 40(15-16):1707-1717.
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7 Keys for Treatment of Periodontal Intrabony Defects. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2023 Apr; 44(4):184-190; quiz 191.
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Trends in Patient-Recalled Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Ambulatory US Adults With Diabetes Mellitus (from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). Am J Cardiol. 2022 02 01; 164:143-145.