Question

In a Word document, develop your own career mapping concept map (which highlights your own stages of progression). Your concept map should include and identify future stages of your nursing career progression, as well.

Be sure to address the following in your concept map:

• Educational status
• Training
• Experience present and future
• Work setting
• Nursing level of practice
• Associations
• Certifications
• Community activities
• Mentoring
• Certifications

Answer 1

A Concept Map is an easy to construct ,visual tool that helps you to organise your assessment data, identify patient problems , determine the apprpriate nursing diagnoses and interventions and assess the outcomes.

The nursing metaparadigm consists of four main concepts :person, health environment and nursing. The concept is used as an assessmnt tool in nursing. concept mapping is an instuctional strategy that requires learners to identify ,graphically display and link key concepts by organising and analyzing information. The theory .theconcept mapping for the students helps in critical thinking of learners.