When presenting information in class, you may want to project the freenursetutor.com blank concept map form and fill in appropriate information from your computer as an alternative to writing notes on the chalkboard. You can increase student interest by asking students to help provide the information that you type. You can then print the Concept Map and copy it as a study guide for students or have students hand copy it.
Concept Maps created in class at the end of a lesson often work well as a summary activity.
You can also benefit from the use of concept maps without the use of a computer. You can create concept maps with your students using transparencies and a projector. Or students can copy or create their own concept maps using only a piece of blank paper. The blank concept map form provided on freenursetutor.com is of course only one of the ways information can be organized. There is an unlimited number of ways in which information can be organized on concept maps and used for many different purposes.
You can find a blank concept map by going to the Assess., Nursing Process, Charting topic and then selecting Concept Map- Blank Care Plan