A nursing care plan provides direction on the type of nursing care the individual/family/community may need .[1] The main focus of a nursing care plan is to facilitate standardised, evidence-based and holistic care.[2] Nursing care plans have been used for quite a number of years for human purposes and are now also getting used in the veterinary profession.[2] The Care Plan includes the following components; assessment, diagnosis, expected outcomes, interventions, rationale and evaluation.[2] According to Ballantyne care plans are a critical aspect of nursing and they are meant to allow standardised, evidence-based holistic care.[2] It is important to draw attention to the difference between ’care plan’ and ’care planning’.[2] Care planning is related to identifying problems and coming up with solutions to reduce or remove the problems.[1] The care plan is essentially the documentation of this process.[1] It includes within it a set of actions the nurse will apply to resolve/support nursing diagnoses identified by nursing assessment. Care plans make it possible for interventions to be recorded and their effectiveness assessed.[2] Nursing care plans provide continuity of care, safety, quality care and compliance. Nursing care plans promotes documentation and is used for reimbursement purposes such as Medicare and Medicaid.