• Nurses view the whole person not just an isolated presenting health problem
• Nurses build on their understanding of an injury or illness to promote the restoration and maintenance of health in their clients
• Nurses utilize their education and professional experience to develop a nursing care plan for their clients in a medical setting

Nurse Life Care Planner:

• Analyzes data collected to identify healthcare issues and formulates nursing diagnoses
  
• Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to project estimated care and services
  
• Identifies individual client outcomes
  
• Develops an individualized comprehensive plan of action
  
• Calculates associated reasonable costs of care, good and services necessary to achieve desired health outcomes