A nursing concept map is a visual tool that helps nursing students strategize patient care on paper. This map allows students to organize and visualize patient care concepts in an easy-to-read diagram that highlights the relationships among various nursing concepts. Nursing concept maps are also a self-teaching strategy that can help students pre-plan their clinical assessments and provide valuable insight for post-clinical analysis. This tool increases students' clinical reasoning and judgment while optimizing learning.

1. CONCEPT MAP IN NURSING
By ROMMEL LUIS C. ISRAEL III

2. CONCEPT MAP
Concept maps help our brains take in information, mostly when there is visual
information.
The maps help us to see the big picture along with the connected and related
data.
They also help us focus on planning and making decisions of what we have
learned and already know and what still needs to be learned and what we don’t
know.

3. CONCEPT MAP
The technique of used takes the specific information and shows it in an easy way with visual
diagrams comprised of circles, boxes, and other shapes (i.e., nodes) that are connected by
lines and arrows to show various relationships and connections of knowledge and concepts.
They are also used to design advanced organizers in helping plan teaching and enabling
student learning.

4. NURSING CONCEPT
MAP
• iT is a visual tool that helps nursing students
strategize patient care on paper.
• It aIlows students to organize and visualize
patient care concepts in an easy-to-read diagram
that highlights the relationships among various
nursing concepts.
• Nursing concept maps are also a self-teaching
strategy that can help students pre-plan their
clinical assessments and provide valuable insight
for post-clinical analysis.
• This tool increases students' clinical reasoning
and judgment while optimizing learning.

5. BENEFITS NURSING CONCEPT MAPS
Identifying patient problems and health concerns
Identifying
Helping organize assessment data
Helping
Determining the appropriate nursing diagnoses and interventions
Determining
Assessing outcomes
Assessing

6. TYPES OF NURSING CONCEPT MAPS
Charts Tables Flowcharts
Graphic
organizers
Timelines
T-charts,
or
Venn
Diagrams

7. TEMPLATES FOR
NURSING
CONCEPT MAPS

8. MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS CONCEPT MAP
TEMPLATES

9. SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment,
Recommendation) Concept Map Template

10. Body System Concept Map Template

11. Nursing Diagnosis Concept Care Map

12. T-CHART

13. EXAMPLES OF CONCEPT MAPS
IN NURSING

17. REFERENCES:
• RN, S. J., & BSN. (n.d.). What is a Nursing Concept Map? Examples &
Templates. Nurse.org. https://nurse.org/education/nursing-concept-
map/
• Kurt, S. (2020). Concept Maps and How To Use Them. [online]
Educational Technology. Available at:
https://educationaltechnology.net/concept-maps-and-how-to-use-
them/.
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