• Define the purpose of interdisciplinary plans of care within the context of contemporary primary nursing.
• Identify documentation components that make up an IPOC. Define the statuses of an IPOC.
• Identify two methods of including an IPOC in the patient’s plan of care.
• Identify when to discontinue an IPOC.
• Introduce the guidelines for using an IPOC.
• Review how to choose a target date for goals and interventions.
• Review how to make an IPOC patient specific.
• Review IPOC data collection and the change control process for new or modified IPOCs.

Interdisciplinary Plan of Care: (IPOC) Od-027640