FIRST EDITION
Concept Mapping in Teaching Advanced Health Assessment for Adults
A Guide to Help Coaching Graduate Nurse Practitioners

Author: Talato Kabore, PhD, MSE, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, BSN-RN

Concept Mapping in Teaching Advanced Health Assessment for Adults is an innovative and practical guide designed to strengthen clinical reasoning and holistic patient assessment skills in graduate nurse practitioners and advanced health professionals. This first-edition textbook emphasizes the power of concept mapping as a visual and integrative learning strategy that connects subjective and objective patient data, physical examination findings, accurate diagnoses, and appropriate diagnostic testing.

Unlike traditional textbooks that rely heavily on memorization, this guide encourages learners to analyze, synthesize, and apply complex clinical information across body systems. It helps bridge the gap between theory and clinical practice by fostering higher-level critical thinking and deeper understanding of the relationships between assessments, diagnoses, diagnostic tests, medications, and interventions.

By actively engaging students, practitioners, and instructors in identifying and connecting key concepts, this book promotes the development of essential clinical judgment and decision-making skills. It is an invaluable resource for those seeking to enhance advanced assessment competencies and improve patient-centered care through structured, concept-driven learning.