Presents an overview of the theory and use of Concept mapping in planning Patient care.
Provides clinical data collection sheets and a Concept Care map generator online at Davis Plus to facilitate the creation of individualized Care Maps to print or e-mail..
Emphasizes Patient safety, incorporating standards from the Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Includes tables with the interventions and outcomes for each disorder or problem along with rationales.
Uses the SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) format for the assessment process.
Offers additional Concept Maps for leadership and community and population processes.
Right page--Sample Concept map with appropriate Nursing diagnoses (NANDA) in P-E-S (problem, etiology, and symptom) format - interventions (NIC) - Medications - Laboratory & Diagnostic Procedures.
Left page--Physiology - Handoff Communication (Situation, Background, Assessment) - Implement (Recommendation) & Evaluate Your Plan of Care (NOC).
Uses a two-page spread for each condition.
Features 200 sample Concept Care Maps for the most common problems seen in clinical practice in - infants - children - women - men - older adults - as well as medical/surgical - critical Care - psychiatric/mental health patients.
Presents an overview of the theory and use of Concept mapping in planning Patient care
