Help with Concept Map!!

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I have a concept map due on Wed. on a clinical patient that had a Right Total Knee. Does anyone know any websites that could help with this project, or any ideas on how to get started!! I need help, ideas!!

Thanks Lisa

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Specializes in RN, Cardiac Step Down/Tele Unit.

There are other threads on the topic if you search for concept maps. You might try this website also, I never used it but another student recommended it

http://cord.org/txcollabnursing/onsite_conceptmap.htm

Good Luck!

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might help:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/concept-maps-155445.html

and

http://cord.org/txcollabnursing/onsite_conceptmap.htm

there are a lot of threads about this topic in the student forum - do a search and check at the bottom of the screen below the posts of this thread for several links

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

there is a "sticky" thread on the nursing student assistance forum specifically on care maps (concept maps) as care plans.

in that thread are links to a couple of sample concept maps that some other students posted on allnurses so you can see what a completed one looks like. did your instructors give you a specific format to use? there is one book on nursing concept mapping that i know of that you can buy

  • concept mapping: a critical-thinking approach to care planning by pamela mchugh schuster, published by f.a. davis and costs about $26.

i have a copy of it and it explains in more depth what is on the cord.org website that two others have already given you a link to. the allnurses thread i gave you above has a link to an online nursing concept map constructor.

if you are still having trouble with this assignment, post to this thread the problems you are having, or you can pm me.

a concept map is just a visual representation of the critical thinking process you are going through in creating your care plan. all care plans, however follow the nursing process and begin with the assessment that you have made of your patient. the abnormal assessment data forms the foundation of everything you are going to end up doing for the patient. with a concept map you are going to be separating and listing these things out into boxes around a main central box that contains the admission diagnosis of the patient (the only time you actually use a medical diagnosis on this kind of care plan).

[evil]the steps of the nursing process (written care plan)

  1. assessment (collect data)


  2. nursing diagnosis (group your assessment data, shop and match your abnormal assessment data to likely nursing diagnoses, decide on the nursing diagnosis to use)


  3. planning (write measurable goals/outcomes and nursing interventions)


  4. implementation (initiate the care plan)


  5. evaluation (determine if goals/outcomes have been met)


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here are two other "stickies" on the nursing forums to help you with care planning.

please understand that a concept map is just a different physical presentation of a care plan that was designed to help you learn the critical thinking involved in putting all the needed elements together. you still have to perform all the above 5 steps i just listed. the most important steps in getting a care plan started are steps 1, 2, and 3 and where you will spend the most time.

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Specializes in LDRP.

I also liked the book Daytonite recommended, but may I also suggect that you NOT make it harder than it is? The cool thing about concept mapping is that it is a pretty easy way to organize your thoughts. I make a concept map by starting out by listing each system (cardio, pulmonary, urinary, GI, etc) and then looking at my patient database and putting anything ABNORMAL under the catagories I listed. This helps me see all the things going wrong w/ the patient and helps me come up w/ my NANDA's. Then, I make the "real" concept map and it works out pretty quickly.

I did really well on my concept map paperwork and that was because I tried not to overthink it and I also tried to really organize before I wrote the final one.

Good luck!

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I have a concept map due on Wed. on a clinical patient that had a Right Total Knee. Does anyone know any websites that could help with this project, or any ideas on how to get started!! I need help, ideas!!

Thanks Lisa

To study illnesses from one or many perspectives, using concept maps, using a free tool (no expiration date), use PMM personal memory manager. A demo video for writing a research paper with it is on http://www.pmm.nl/examples/examples.htm I would be happy to assist too.

Best regards,

Ron dW

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