Introduction - choice, Helen Chalmers; care plan for a girl with asthma, using Roy's adaption model, Helen Ashton and Vivien Crouch; care plan for a man with respiratory distress syndrome, using Orem's self-care model, Sarah Gunningham; care plan for a man following a spontaneous haemopneumothorax, using Johnson's behavioural systems model, Valerie Newton; care plan for a child with a ventricular septal defect, using Neuman's open systems model, Kate Harris; care plan for a man following a myocardial infarction, using Peplau's development model, Timothy Holt; care plan for a woman with cardiac failure, using Roper's activities of living model, Anne Chew and Anne Williams; care plan for a man with chronic obstructive airways disease, using Roy's adaptation model, Marie May; care plan for a toddler with croup, using Henderson's fundamental needs model, Margaret Doman; a way forward, Helen Chalmers.