CONCEPT MAPS

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CONCEPT MAPS

• Lisa Brock, RN MSN
• NUR 102
• Module G

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NURSING PROCESS

• AAssessment
• DDiagnosis
• PPlanning
• IIntervention
• EEvaluation
• Each step is dependent on the accuracy of the
  preceding step

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WHAT IS A CONCEPT MAP?

• Schematic devices for representing a set of
  concept meanings embedded in a framework of
  propositions
• (Schuster, 2002, pg. 2)
• An approach to planning and organizing nursing
  care

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Step One

• Develop a basic skeleton diagram

Key problem
Reason for Health care
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STEP TWO

• Analyze and categorize data
• Add clinical data to the appropriate problem
  boxes
• Identify key assessments related to the patients
  reason for seeking health care

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STEP THREE

• Analyze nursing diagnoses relationships
• Draw lines between related problems
• Number the problems in order of priority

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STEP FOUR

• Identify goals, outcomes, and interventions

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STEP FIVE

• During post-clinic session, evaluate your
  patients responses to the identified nursing
  interventions

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GATHERING CLINICAL DATA

• Chapter 2 in textbook
• Standards of Care
• Important data
• Patient care plan or data base

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GROUPING DATA

• Chapter 3 in textbook
• Organize data in a sequence
• Build the concept map

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NURSING INTERVENTIONS

• Chapter 4 in textbook
• NICNursing Interventions Classifications
• Get information organized
• Scenario 3, pg 66concept map for post-op pain