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MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice I

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Concept Map

A concept map is a visual representation that shows individual relationships between concepts, principles and personal or professional connections. The purpose of a concept map is to allow practitioners to visualize connections between ideas, connect new ideas to previous, and to organize ideas logically.

For this discussion, you will create an initial draft of a concept map that you can refine and expand upon for the Concept Map assignment due by the end of Unit 3. You may base this concept map on any of the case studies presented in the Vila Health: Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools presentation, on the example case studies from Unit 1, or your own case study.

Your concept map should be related to your chosen case study and should illustrate the relationship between the patient; the condition, disease, or disorder; and the various diagnostic and treatment considerations. In your concept map, display the following elements (you will likely want to submit your concept map as an attachment in the discussion area):

Key information about the patient.

Key information about the condition, disease, or disorder.

Key decisions that a nurse would make to determine the best diagnostic and/or treatment options.

Relevant facts related to the case study that help to illustrate support for decisions.

Connectors to indicate relationships between the patient, condition, and decisions.

You should also post a brief, 1–2 sentence summary of the case study you are using as the basis for your concept map to help provide the context for your map.

Cite at least one source of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your concept map and decisions made regarding care.

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Briefly describe your understanding of your peer’s concept map.

Be sure to point out aspects that you find easy to interpret and areas where the meaning might be unclear.

Provide at least one suggestion for an additional connection that could help to clarify the information or improve the care for the patient in the case study.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Explain how a particular piece of evidence is relevant to a specific topic.

Communicate clearly the links between one or more concepts.

Explain specific components of a concept map.

Explain how a particular piece of evidence is linked to best practices, professional guidelines, or regulatory standards.

Explain how a particular piece of evidence is a valuable building block for a specific care approach.

Identify connections and relationships between specific clinical considerations of a condition, disease, or disorder.

Identify relevant clinical aspects of a condition, disease, or disorder that has impaired glucose or metabolic imbalance as related aspects.

Develop a concept map.

Identify components of a concept map.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

Concept Map Template [DOCX].

Vila Health: Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools | Transcript.

How to Make a Concept Map.

DQ2 Organizing Care in Your Personal Practice

In the first discussion in this unit you created a concept map based on a case study. For this discussion, explore the ways in which you or your practice setting utilize tools like concept maps, or other tools and technology, to help plan and organize care for patients.

In your discussion post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Describe at least two tools that you or your practice setting commonly use to help plan and organize the care of patients (concept maps, electronic medical records, care plans, algorithms, smart phone or computer task managers, et cetera).

How do these tools help to organize and make treatment decisions?

How do these tools help contribute to the achievement of positive outcomes for patients?

Share any tips you have for your peers about how they might best apply these tools to their practice.

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Share relevant information or experiences from your personal practice or setting related to the tools that your peer shared, especially how the tools positively impact your practice.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Communicate clearly the links between one or more concepts.

Understand the purpose of a concept map.

Explain specific components of a concept map.

Explain how a particular piece of evidence is a valuable building block for a specific care approach.

Explain how a particular piece of evidence is linked to best practices, professional guidelines, or regulatory standards.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.