The document discusses the planning step of the nursing process. Planning involves setting client-centered goals and expected outcomes, and planning nursing interventions. It is done by prioritizing identified nursing diagnoses, setting measurable goals, and planning nurse-initiated, dependent, and collaborative interventions. Guidelines for writing the nursing plan include making actions specific, individualized, realistic, and documented. Characteristics of good plans include being goal-directed, sequential, flexible, future-oriented, and part of a continuous decision-making process. The importance of writing nursing orders and a care plan include communicating priorities, organizing care, and evaluating outcomes.