1.3 Concept Maps

Question 1

Concept Map

Answer 1

• Visual representation of information that show relationships and connections
• Used to show problems affecting patient based on diagnosis and how they relate to one another
• Showcases diagnosis, interventions and medications for a patient.

Question 2

Creating a Concept Map

Answer 2

• Gather complete assessment data
• Develop skeleton diagram of patients health problems
• Analyze and categorize specific data
• Indicate relationships between medical and nursing diagnosis
• Develop patient goals, outcomes, nursing interventions for each diagnosis
• Evaluate actual patient response to each intervention and summarize clinical impressions

Question 3

Steps of a Concept Map

Answer 3

Step 1 - Place patient’s medical diagnosis at the center
Step 2 - Place major problems due to diagnosis based on assessment data in surrounding boxes
Step 3 - Analyze and categorize the data, find evidence for problems in the surrounding the boxes
Step 4 - Same as step 3
Step 5 - Draw lines connecting medical diagnosis with identified problems
Step 6 - Change outside problems into official nursing diagnosis
Step 7 - Prioritize each nursing diagnosis by ranking them in importance (numbering them)
Step 8 - Draw lines between nursing diagnosis that relate to one another
Step 9 - Insert interventions next to the problems.