Concept Mapping: A Critical-Thinking Approach to Care Planning

By Pamela McHugh Schuster and Pamela McHugh Schuster PhD FNP-BC

Book Overview

Provides the tools needed to construct care plans for any patient, in any setting, based on accepted standards of care. Introduces critical thinking early in the curriculum. Works with or without nursing diagnoses. Saves time and improves clinical performance. Emphasizes reasoning, improvising, and individualizing patient care. Teaches how to identify patient needs, then organize, prioritize, and implement care quickly. Establishes the relationships between medical and nursing diagnoses, physical assessment data, treatments, medications, laboratory data, and history data. Includes access to Davis's Care Planning & Nursing Diagnosis Resource Center. (Click on the Preview tab to view.) Makes concept mapping easy to understand and implement with... A podcast that explains concept mapping. "Test Your Knowledge" quiz" that ensures you understand the theory behind creating a care map. Case studies that let you practice creating a care map. Templates for creating a concept care map. A care map generator online at DavisPlus with clear, concise instructions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803638485
• ISBN13: 9780803638488
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Wasn't Quite What I Expected!

I thought I was getting a book that would enhance my use of concept mapping with students in the classroom. However, I was surprised to find that this book addresses the use of concept maps in the clinical setting. It was actually a pleasant surprise and I am excited to start implementing the use of concept maps as outline in the book in either Funds II or Med/Surg I. A good resource for engaging students!

Great!

This book was written so anyone could understand the material! Easy to read, offers a system review along with the mapping. Written for students, but easily usable by anyone.

Map Creator

Great help! This book helped me fingure out what exactly I needed to put in my own concept maps. It also has some great sections that you can photocopy and take to clinicals, so that you don't miss a single thing while gathering assessment data. Great BOOK!