Nursing care plans are an essential tool in the nursing process to create continuous and individualized care. Nursing care plans help nurses clarify care goals and prioritize interventions for both short and long-term goals of care. As part of the nursing process, the care plan is created after the nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis. A nursing diagnosis supports the care plan and outlines appropriate interventions. Nursing diagnoses should align with a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis, creating consistency in nursing diagnosis terminology and facilitating effective communication.1 Overall, a care plan is an essential tool for communication between nurses and other care team members so that high-quality, continuous, evidence-based care is provided