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You are a nursing student who just completed a nursing course (Nursing 1), you have had the opportunity to develop care plans and concept maps on the main topics. How has the development of care plans and concept maps helped you understand the material and what resources did you find most helpful?
Nursing care plans are the significant tool in nursing profession. Care plans are unique in nature for the individual patients because the needs are different. These plans can help the nurses to organise and work effectively and it also help the nurses to work in coordination with their changing shift duties but still deliver quality care.
Concept maps helps the nurse to understand the sequence of the care to be delivered as well as to have a graphical representation on pathophysiology, treatment and disease pattern.
- Development of care plans activates the learning process and helps the nurse to understand the topics systematically.
- The systematic learning helps in understanding the content easily with broader acquisition of knowledge.
- The graphical representation techniques in concept map helps to develop critical thinking skills
- It enables creativity in learning and implement the skills effectively
The knowledge can be acquired through various resources like books, e-books, nursing magazines and internet sites.