Concept mapping
What is concept mapping
• Concept mapping is a technique that allows
students to understand the relationships
between ideas by creating a visual map of the
connections.
• (1) see the connections between ideas they
already have,
• (2) connect new ideas to knowledge that they
already have, and
• (3) organize ideas in a logical but not rigid
structure that allows future information or
viewpoints to be included.
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http://cord.org/txcollabnursing/onsite_conceptmap.htm
How to do a concept map
• Need a pt database
– Primary diagnosis (why there are hospitalized)
– Secondaary diagnosis (other problems related to
primary diagnosis or that cuase clinical
manifestiotions)
– Clinical manifestatioins (objective data)
– Interventions – medical and nursing
– Nursing diagnosis
Primary diagnosis
• The reason for the hospitalization
• This is represented by a diagram in the center
of the page
• Ex.
Secondary diagnosis
• other problems related to the primary diagnosis, or
other problems that cause clinical manifestations for
the pt – ex. Diabetic pt = primary dianosis, diabetic
pt with hypertenstion = primary and secondary)
• Branch off to the outer edges and diagrammed
• Relationship is analyzed by lines connecting them
• Ex
walmart
Clinical manifestations
• objective data – VS, labs, assesment findings, c/o
pain, dizzyness…ect
• Diagramed in triangles
• ex
interventions
• Medical and nursing (therapeutic)
• Diagrammed in Ovals
• Ex
Nursing diagnosis
• Appropriate nursing diagnosis
• Diagrammed in rectangles
• Ex