Med/Surg Master Mapper Workbook: Concept Map Templates to Help You Master Nursing School - Softcover

Empyema, Lena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1794455663 ISBN 13: 9781794455665

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Once upon a Medical/Surgical ward in a community hospital, a Registered Nurse precepted countless nursing students and noticed a common problem throughout entire cohorts of nearby programs. Intelligent, book-smart students seemed to lack an understanding of how all of the concepts they had learned fit together. Each piece of information taught in nursing school is an important piece of a puzzle. Concept maps are one of the best ways to study how information fits together. But concept maps are time-consuming to create and fill with information... right? Introducing The Med/Surg Master Mapper, a color-coordinated workbook of concept map templates to assist in studying large amounts of information and memorizing the most pertinent facts and figures. Ideally, use this workbook either before or after class to fill out information in every box. Filling out concept maps for the disease processes being covered in lecture before you attend class allows you to highlight the information that your professors emphasize during class, which could help you during your next exam. Alternatively, filling out the concept maps after class facilitates a thorough review of each disease process before the exam, which can be equally beneficial in terms of memorizing information. Because each type of information (i.e., etiology, symptoms, labs...) is present in the same place on each page, this workbook streamlines the process of flipping through pages of information before an exam to easily pick out the data that is specific to a certain disease. Fill out the table of contents as you go to make studying a breeze. Write additional notes on the left side of each set of pages, and keep track of what you missed on exams to help you study for the final more thoroughly. Contents of the book include 48 blank concept maps for you to fill out and increase your comprehension. The opposing page across from each concept map allows you to take additional notes on the topic. 3 blank pages in the back of the book prompt you to keep track of information with which you weren't completely familiar on unit exams, helping you work towards the ultimate goal of passing your final exam.Snag a new workbook for each class in nursing school to keep the (infinite) information organized. Why work harder when you can work smarter?

About this title

About the Author

Once Upon a Med-Surg Ward, a Registered Nurse dubbed Lena Empyema precepted countless nursing students and new nurses, noticing a common weakness. Although the students and new grads were incredibly smart, passionate, hard-working, and skilled at problem-solving, many of them struggled to connect the dots of their immense knowledge to look at the big picture and treat the whole patient. 

Lena had an idea: create the kinds of resources that she wishes she had during nursing school!

See, Lena was not a 4.0 student. She struggled just as much as the majority of nursing students struggle. She faced many hurdles in school, including her spouse's deployment, living hours from her family, a near-complete inability to understand advanced mathematics... the list goes on. Because of her struggles, Lena understands what nursing students go through. Since applying her knowledge to multiple jobs across multiple facilities in two different states (so far...), Lena has become even more intimately familiar with the types of resources that help nursing students learn best! (She just wishes she'd had these books when she was struggling through her ADN classes...)

Check back frequently for more content, because Lena feels like she comes up with a new idea every time she precepts a new student or nurse!

And, in case you were wondering, "Empyema" isn't Lena's real last name... but the time that she and her nursing school battle buddies almost mistook the word "empyema" for a tasty pastry (it sounds like a snack, doesn't it?) cemented the word as her nickname! If the story of her pen name tells you anything about Lena's teaching style, she wants you to learn from her mistakes. Be better than her, struggle less than she did, and stress less over those weekly (biweekly... thrice-weekly sometimes) exams. 

Lena gets it, and she's here to help.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1794455663
• ISBN 13: 9781794455665
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 102