[A practical nursing guide for the planning and evaluation of the care of the patient with domiciliary parenteral nutrition. The planning of patient care with DPN].

We present a proposal for the planning of nursing care for the patient with home parenteral nutrition (HPN). In this proposal the problems, goals, and actions to be taken by the nurse are defined. In this working guide, it is explained what the diverse aspects are that the nurse taking care of a patient with HPN needs to know, as well as the care to be given and the evaluation of the same, in order to insure that the patient with HPN is given a good preparation in his self-care, giving the patient an acceptable degree of independence and quality of life, as well as a lower risk of complications.