Developing an evidence-based concept map

Develop a concept map and a short narrative that supports and further explains how the concept map is constructed. You may choose to use the Concept Map Template as a starting point for your concept map, but are not required to do so. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your evidence-based plan addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Concept Map scoring guide and the Guiding Questions: Concept Map document to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.

Part 1: Concept Map
Develop an evidence-based concept map that illustrates a plan for achieving high-quality outcomes for a condition that has impaired glucose or metabolic imbalance as related aspects.
Concept Map Template [DOCX]. You may choose to use this template for completing this component of the assignment.

Part 2: Additional Evidence (Narrative)
Justify the value and relevance of the evidence you used as the basis for your concept map.
Analyze how interprofessional strategies applied to the concept map can lead to achievement of desired outcomes.
Construct concept map and linkage to additional evidence in a way that facilitates understanding of key information and links.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] to complete this narrative component.

Example Assessment
You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

Assessment 1 Example [PDF].
Additional Requirements
Length of submission: Your concept map should be on a single page, if at all possible. You can submit the concept map as a separate file, if you need to. Your additional evidence narrative should be 2–3 double-spaced, typed pages. Your narrative should be succinct yet substantive.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your concept map, decisions made regarding care, and interprofessional strategies. Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting:
For the concept map portion of this assessment: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Please include references both in-text and in the reference page that follows your narrative.
For the narrative portion of this assessment: use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] to help you in writing and formatting your analysis. You do not need to include an abstract for this assessment.