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The concept of nursing as therapy
Published in Steven J. Ersser, Nursing as a Therapeutic Activity, 2019
Specific attention is given to the most salient theme; nurse-patient interaction and relationships. It is here that nursing is examined as a distinct and similar case of therapeutic relationship. The analysis also examines the extent to which those features of nursing referred to as therapeutic are distinctive. The sources of knowledge on nursing as a therapeutic activity are appraised to determine where deficiencies lie. A summary of the literature review and concept analysis is given.
What resource tools are available to help me in working in action learning?
Published in John Edmonstone, Action Learning in Health, Social and Community Care, 2017
How would I use it? Concept analysis uses a three-way approach to exploring the: Antecedents: What needs to be in place in order to make something happen.Attributes: What the characteristics are of a particular change.Consequences: What the positive and negative outcomes of such a change would be.
Theory of The Omnipresence of Cancer
Published in Carol L. Cox, Maya Zumstein-Shaha, A Theory of Cancer Care in Healthcare Settings, 2017
As part of a quantitative cross-sectional study among patients with aero-digestive tract cancers the relationships between uncertainty, elements of transitoriness, control, and quality of life were explored. Significant associations were determined between these variables. The more uncertainty, transitoriness, or belief in chance individuals experience, the lower their quality of life. Finally, the contribution of concept analysis to theory building in nursing was explored. A retroductive study design was employed, including a comprehensive literature review on theory building and concept analysis. Findings demonstrated that in nursing, concept analysis is controversial. However, concepts are acknowledged as building blocks of theories and therefore indispensable in theory development. The development and description of concepts contributes to clarification of theories. Depending on the level of concretisation of concepts, theory range can be determined. Abstract and broad concepts are more indicative of grand theories; whereas more concrete, fully described concepts are often part of middle range
Sexual Dysfunction in Gay and Bisexual Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Concept Analysis
Published in Journal of Homosexuality, 2022
The following concept analysis is based on Walker and Avant’s (2005) method. According to Walker and Avant, a concept analysis can serve several purposes including clarifying the definition of concepts which exhibit ambiguity in the literature and facilitating the development of a standardized language for clinical practice (Walker & Avant, 2005). Importantly, the Walker and Avant method is also regarded as being particularly useful for analyses that aim to serve as a basis for future research instrument development (Garnett, Ploeg, Markle-Reid, & Strachan, 2018). This appears to be particularly relevant considering at this time there is no robust measure of sexual dysfunction that is appropriate for use with GBM PCa survivors despite growing interest on the topic (McDonagh et al., 2014; Rosser et al., 2019b).
Occupational adaptation – analyzing the maturity and understanding of the concept through concept analysis
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Kim Walder, Matthew Molineux, Michelle Bissett, Gail Whiteford
Reflexively engaging with concepts central to occupational therapy is essentially a task of epistemic development requisite to theory building [10–12]. Ongoing refinement and clarification of concepts facilitates their application in practice, theory, and research [12–14]. However, many of the profession’s central concepts are poorly developed, abstract, multidimensional, and contextual in nature, leaving them open to debate and confusion. Typically, concepts are socially constructed [13,15] with a shared understanding evolving and becoming embedded through discourse [13,16]. Interestingly, it has been suggested that the more widely used a concept is, the more its definition may be open to debate or confusion [15]. Additionally, many concepts may be embraced and operationalized without due consideration of the definition, or as Morse et al. [12] describe, attaining a sufficient level of maturity. Concept analysis serves to clarify and refine structural features of a concept including definition, attributes, preconditions, boundaries and outcomes [12]. This paper reports on a concept analysis of occupational adaptation which aimed to determine the conceptual maturity of occupational adaptation, and consider the type of future research needed to understand and operationalize occupational adaptation.
Developing a comprehensive framework of community integration for people with acquired brain injury: a conceptual analysis
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2019
Nusratnaaz M. Shaikh, Paula Kersten, Richard J. Siegert, Alice Theadom
Concept analysis refers to the process of exploring, unraveling, and delineating concepts. The current review utilized one of the concept analysis techniques of concept clarification described by Morse [22,24]. It is the most appropriate method when a concept is partially mature. Here, community integration is considered as a partially matured concept as it does not have a clear universal definition, well-described attributes, boundaries, preconditions, and outcomes according to the criteria outlined by Morse [24]. While there has been extensive research around the concept of community integration after ABI, still there are numerous definitions and multiple explanations that make the concept less clear. The technique of concept clarification facilitates development and refinement of the term under investigation by synthesizing the available literature to identify the concept’s attributes, preconditions, and outcomes [24]. This process incorporates critical appraisal of the existing research, coding of the data derived from the literature, and analytic questioning of the literature.