How to use CONCEPT MAPS in nursing school

22 Sept 2021 · 1 min

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In this instructional monologue, the speaker explains how to construct effective concept maps for nursing coursework. The core subject should be placed at the center of the map, with surrounding boxes representing related concepts such as the three Ps of diabetes (polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia) or, for a med‑surg topic, signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, nursing assessment, and nursing interventions. The speaker stresses that students need not fill every box—only the most essential information should be included to promote efficient studying. The talk concludes with a brief promotion of specific study aids: a concept‑map pad, a critical‑thinking pad, and a nursing‑school study system available in a study box.

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How to Make Concept Maps In Nursing school the topic of what you are studying should go right in the middle of your concept map and then all the boxes around it should be things that are related to that one key topic. So the three Ps of diabetes are polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia. If you were studying something for med surg, the med surg topic would go here. Then you could talk about signs and symptoms, the pathophysiology and nursing assessment, nursing interventions. Now remember friend, you do not have to fill in all the boxes. We are not here to try to memorize information that is not necessary. You only need to fill in the boxes that are key to what you are learning. So make sure that you're studying efficiently, paring down what you need to learn into the most efficient way possible. You can get this concept map pad, the critical thinking pad and the nursing school study system inside the nursing school study box.