Submitter Information
Author: Lisa Concilio, MSN-ED, RN, CCRN, PhD(c)
Title: Lecturer/Clinical Instructor
Institution: San Diego State Univesity
Email: LConcilio@sdsu.edu
Competency Category(s)
Evidence-Based Practice, Safety
Learner Level(s)
Pre-Licensure ADN/Diploma, Pre-Licensure BSN
Learner Setting(s)
Clinical Setting
Strategy Type
General Strategy
Learning Objectives
Application of concept mapping as a visual thinking strategy teaches student how to use pharmacology and nursing knowledge to create clinical reasoning and decision-making as novice nursing students. By using a concept map for common medications, students are introduced to clinical decision making quickly and early in their education and gain confidence. This confidence translates to motivation and the courage to withhold or administer a medication using evidence-based rationales and assessment findings.
– Students will recognize subjective, objective assessment findings and laboratory data in order to withhold or administer medications ordered.
– Students will create clinical reasoning and decision-making to withhold or administer common medications found in the adult, acute care setting.
Strategy Overview
The most common medications novice nursing students are administering in their first clinical experiences are:
-anticoagulants
-anti infectives
– diuretics
– opioids
– mental health medications
– antihypertensives
– antidiabetics
Submitted Materials
Medication-Administration-Form-1.docx
Principles-of-basic-medications-V9-1-2.pdf
Additional Materials
Evaluation Description
Based on the patient’s data, the student will complete a QSEN laboratory interpretation document, attached below.