Concept Maps

Ami_J · Apr 3, 2005

Hey :) I am an new Grad, and we did concept maps in school too. Personally I really enjoyed them, and really spent a lot of time working on mine, while others did just enough to get by. If you are one that like to know "why" your pt has certain symptoms or is taking a med they are really a great learning tool. Concept maps enable you to put all the pieces together and really it can be amazing how diseases are all linked together such as kidney failure, heart failure and diabetes.... My opinion is they are a WAY better learning tool than stupid care plans, I wish we would have done concept maps from the start!

nursesarah · Apr 3, 2005

i did concept maps for clinical this semester. not every group did them, just mine bc my clinical tutor preferred them. i loved doing them. i found i linked information together much easier.

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Apr 3, 2005

Yes, I've had to do a couple. Not that big of a deal. Takes about as long as a careplan imo.

Nurse2B2005 · Apr 4, 2005

My nursing school has stopped doing nursing care plans and now we are doing concept maps. They are a diagram of a certian disease and you have to fill in the info about dx tests, causes, symptoms, nursing diagnoses ect...
I was wondering if anyone else is having to do these.?

You got to stop doing care plans? Consider yourself lucky! For two years, my school made us do concept maps outlining the pathophysiology as it pertained to that patient. We had to list how they presented to the ER, the patho behind the disease, all the tests, labs, etc. Then separately, we had to list every lab that the patient had ordered, the normal ranges, their ranges and explain why they were out of whack, and nursing implications. Also, we had to list every med they were taking, safe doses, indications, lab test considerations, contraindications, nursing implications and how you planned on administering them. And don't forget the nursing diagnosis - 3-4 ND's with 5 interventions. And a cover sheet listing all the other patient information that didn't belong anywhere else. I am done in May. We are having a care plan bonfire.

chuckc, BSN, RN · Apr 4, 2005

You got to stop doing care plans? Consider yourself lucky! For two years, my school made us do concept maps outlining the pathophysiology as it pertained to that patient. We had to list how they presented to the ER, the patho behind the disease, all the tests, labs, etc. Then separately, we had to list every lab that the patient had ordered, the normal ranges, their ranges and explain why they were out of whack, and nursing implications. Also, we had to list every med they were taking, safe doses, indications, lab test considerations, contraindications, nursing implications and how you planned on administering them. And don't forget the nursing diagnosis - 3-4 ND's with 5 interventions. And a cover sheet listing all the other patient information that didn't belong anywhere else. I am done in May. We are having a care plan bonfire.

Hey, Im new to the board. I believe we are going to the same school! ADN program at community college in Fremont? I too am doing all that work for clinicals! :bugeyes: