Types of Writing

Concept or Nursing Process Mapping

Concept or nursing process mapping is a pictoral way of helping you to view relationships among clinical data and to apply theory. You collect key concepts from patient assessment data and then schematically draw the relationships among the concepts and the required interventions. This type of writing helps you to organize your thoughts and nursing care, to see relationships between the body system and disease process or processes, and to communicate the information effectively to others. As you process, write, and draw the information, you are enhancing your critical thinking skills.