Concept Mapping: A Critical-Thinking Approach to Care Planning

Schuster, Pamela McHugh

ISBN 10: 0803638485 / ISBN 13: 9780803638488

Published by F. A. Davis Company, 2015

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Synopsis:

• 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.
    
    

Product Description: Looking for an easier path to care planning? Create a map! Concept mapping is a clear, visual, and systematic model for gathering and categorizing relevant assessment data, identifying patient problems, and developing patient goals, interventions, and outcomes for each nursing diagnosis. A concept map is your guide to nursing care in any clinical setting.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Concept Mapping: A Critical-Thinking ...
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 4th Edition