Concept mapping : a critical-thinking approach to care planning / Pamela McHugh Schuster, PhD, RN. FNP-BC, Professor of Nursing, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Twas the night before clinical -- Gathering clinical data : the framework for concept care mapping -- Concept care mapping : grouping clinical data in a meaningful manner -- Nursing strategies to attain outcomes : so many problems, so little time -- Nursing implementation : using concept care maps as nursing care plans at the health-care agency -- Mapping psychosocial and cultural problems -- Concept care maps as the basis of documentation and phone conversations with physicians -- After the clinical day is over : patient evaluations, self-evaluations, and grading the final concept care maps.