Concept Mapping

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. You'll also find a wealth of care planning resources, including a concept map generator, online at Davis's Care Planning & Nursing Diagnosis Resource Center. (Click on the Preview tab to view.)

1. ’Twas the Night Before Clinical…. 2. Gathering Clinical Data: The Framework Concept Care Mapping 3. Concept Care Maps: Grouping Clinical Data in a Meaningful Manner 4. Nursing Interventions: So Many Problems, So Little Time 5. Nursing Implementation: Using Concept Care Maps as Nursing Care Plans at the Health-Care Agency 6. Mapping Psychosocial and Cultural Problems 7. Concept Care Maps as the Basis of Documentation and Phone Communication with Physicians 8. After the Clinical Day is Over: Patient Evaluations, Self-Evaluations, and Grading the Final Concept Care Map Appendix: Sample Case Scenarios Index View the Contributors and Reviewers here.