Place the steps of creating a concept map in the correct order
_____ Determine beneficial goals and outcomes.
_____ Categorize assessment data under patient problem areas.
_____ Assess the patient and draw a skeleton diagram.
_____ Evaluate the patient's response to the interventions.
_____ Analyze the relationships among factors and prioritize diagnoses.
ANS:
4, 2, 1, 5, 3
A concept map is similar to the nursing process and uses five steps. Begin with assessing the patient and draw a skeleton diagram using the medical diagnosis as the center. Next, categorize all the assessment data under patient problem areas. Step 3 is to analyze relationships among the factors and to prioritize patient responses. The fourth step is to determine beneficial goals and outcomes with the patient/family. The final step is evaluation.
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