...Concept Comparison and Analysis Jo Ann Tyler Green NUR/513 10/15/2012 Michelle Johnson Concept Comparison and Analysis The concept, quality of life, as used in nursing theories, is presented in a historically situated context. This approach to concept analysis was selected to illuminate the subjective, contextual, and fluid nature of the concept. Based on this review, quality of life is defined as an intangible, subjective perception of one’s lived experience. From a review of Peplau’s, Rogers’, Leininger’s, King’s, and Parse’s conceptualizations of quality of life, it is concluded that it may be viable to replace health with quality of life as a meta-paradigm concept for nursing. There are numerous definitions of quality of life that exist. Described as experiences of life (Meeberg, 1993), satisfaction with life, and well-being (Ferrans, 1996; Haas, 1999; (Meeberg, 1993), the definition of quality of life lacks precision and specificity. Consistency is important because “differences in meaning can lead to profound differences in outcomes for research, clinical practice, and allocation of health care resources” (Ferrans, 1996, p. 294). Nurses have made important contributions to understanding this concept. The quality of life has been examined in groups of people experiencing a particular illness or health deficit, such as cancer or heart disease (C. R. King, 1998). Quality of life concept analyses have focused on existential aspects of the concept. However, these...
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...Concept Analysis Assignment Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice NUR 502 Ms. Maria Mendez June 13, 2013 Concept Analysis Assignment Today’s nursing profession encompasses a variety of specialties and disciplines that demonstrate a wide range of phenomena. According to McEwin and Willis, in clinical practice, those phenomenon that are frequently seen aid advanced practice nurses in developing interventions and clinical protocols because they are said to be stable and reliable components of the practical nursing experience (McEwin & Willis, 2011, p. 47). The observed phenomena may or may not have had research studies associated with them in the past to concretely define them, and therefore the notion of concept development and analysis arose to clarify the meanings of the phenomena encountered in one’s practical setting. McEwin and Ellis define concepts as “terms that refer to phenomena that occur in nature and thought” (McEwin & Willis, 2011, p. 47). Furthermore, concepts can be concrete, nonconcrete, variable, and non-variable in manner and described in words or phrases. Concept analysis is utilized to clarify vague concepts in nursing that may be overused and unclear and also to promote a mutual understanding amongst colleagues (Falan, 2010). For the purpose of this assignment, an article found in the Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences regarding the concept of abuse in healthcare was selected for concept analysis...
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...chapter complete and interesting. This book offers assistance to nursing students in exploring and appreciating nursing theories and their use in nursing practice and scholarship. Rather than a practical handbook to producing and/or publishing, this book is indispensable because of its honest perspective and its encouraging approach. This book is very useful in making concept analysis because every concept is clear and organized in a way that it can easily be understood. Moreover, its content are very detailed and extensive which made it very favorable. Walker, L.O.,& Avant, K.C. Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing(3rd ed.). Norwalk, CT: Appletion & Lange, 1995. The book of Avant and Walker offers detailed and easy-to-understand information about constructing theories in nursing and a very detailed step in analyzing concepts. Each chapter was designed to capture the interest of the reader by emphasizing the importance of different strategies and approaches in constructing nursing theories. The book is very important for nurses because it will provide them strategies in understanding a concept in a very systematic approach which made it an indispensable tool. This book is very useful in...
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...communication, and documentation. Institute of Medicine reports that there are over 98,000 deaths caused by preventable errors (1999). The purpose of this paper is to respond to a peer reviewed concept analysis article, describing the method of analysis, the steps of the process, results for each step and to apply the concept to a practice situation. Concept Analysis The Electronic Health Record (EHR) improves the exchange of patient data, accuracy, and quality of patient care. Poor communication and technology can impede a positive outcome for the patient. A core competence of nursing is documentation of patient’s response to nursing interventions and effectively communicating the care given. In the article Concept Analysis of Similarity Applied to Nursing Diagnoses: Implications for Educators the author uses the Walker and Avant concept analysis of similarity. In nursing, concept analysis clarifies unclear concepts and gives a mean to common understanding within nursing practice. “The purpose of a concept analysis is to describe the concept well enough so that defining characteristics can be determined and used to distinguish “likeness or unlikeness” between concepts” (Walker & Avant, 2005, p. 64). Wilson developed an 11 step process in 1963 that defined the concepts to improve communication and comprehension of the meanings of terms in scientific use (McEwen & Willis, 2011, p.53). Numerous nurses have used Wilson’s process to...
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...Comfort: Concept Analysis Concept analysis deals with the careful job of guiding clearness to the meaning of concepts used in science, according to McEwen, M., & Wills, E. (2010) in Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. This paper will analyze the concept of comfort which comes from Katarine Kolcaba’s Comfort theory. Comfort is the state that is experienced automatically by receivers of comfort interventions. It involves the holistic experience of being strengthened through having comfort needs addressed as defined by McEwen and Wills (2010). Comfort is a key concept and central value of nursing. As stated by Tutton, E., & Seers, K. (2003), An exploration of the concept of comfort, comfort is defined as a state, linked to outcomes such as ease, well-being and satisfaction. The steps used to perform this concept analysis on comfort come from the Walker and Avant’s steps of concept analysis. These steps are as follows: 1) select a concept; 2) determine the purposes of the analysis; 3) identify all uses of the concept; 4) define attributes; 5) identify a model case of the concept; 6) identify consequences of the concept; and 7) define empirical references of the concept (Walker & Avant, 2010). Each one of these steps will be discussed throughout this paper along with providing why comfort is necessary to providing comfort in different ways. Purpose of Concept Analysis Comfort is a meaningful need during a person’s life span that should be seen as an essential part of holistic...
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...Concept Analysis Carrie G. Alexander Chamberlain Concept Analysis The concept of comfort is one that nurses provide every shift; however, it is not always easy to define. Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory will be used. Walker and Avant’s method for concept analysis will be used. The first step is to select a concept, which is comfort. The next step is determining the purpose of the analysis. The purpose is to define what comfort means and what comfort measures are and how they are used in nursing. The third step is to identify the uses of the concept of comfort. This includes definitions of term comfort and a literature search. The fourth step is to determine the defining attributes of comfort. This allows for insight into the concept and includes the characteristics of comfort. Comfort can mean many things to many people. Comfort can be caring words, caring touch, warm blankets, pain relief or encouragement. The fifth step is a model case or a real life example of the concept that includes the attributes of the concept and a borderline and related case. The sixth step is to identify consequences and antecedents and consequences. The final step is to define empirical referents or measurable ways to show the occurrence of comfort. Purpose The concept of comfort is used frequently in nursing practice; however, it is not always clearly defined. It is a basic value of nursing care and interventions and is frequently described as comfort measures. A basic understanding...
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...Concept Analysis Response Concept Analysis Response In the article, Overcoming: A concept analysis, the authors evaluate the process involved in combating conditions that may be challenging or addictive within the nursing framework. In order to accomplish the task, the authors first define the concept before undertaking a systematic analysis using the Walker and Avant method of concept analysis (Brush, Kirk, Gultekin, & Baiardi, 2011). In nursing, the professionals often have to understand the concept of overcoming as they encounter numerous health and social problems among patients that require overcoming. The assessment studies the conceptual makeup of overcoming and how if applied well can help alleviate conditions affecting patients. Method of analysis The Walker and Avant method of conceptual analysis was used in this assessment. Under each step. The method is considered to be the most effective and influential method of concept analysis in nursing science (Fitzpatrick & Kazer, 2011). The Walker and Avant concept analysis method involves eight concise steps in assessing a concept; selecting a concept, determining the aims/ purpose of the analysis, identifying all uses of the concept, determining the defining attributes, constructing a model case, constructing additional cases, identifying antecedents and consequences, and defining empirical referents (McEwen & Wills, 2014). Applying the method, the authors of the article are able...
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...Management Focusing on Acute Pain: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis The concept of managing acute pain is extremely significant to nursing as pain is one of the most common problems for which patients seek out health care resources. Pain is a complex and abstract concept that encompasses sensory, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual perceptions of pain that may occur in combination with physical pain. Pain is difficult to describe and often hard to measure; although, most healthcare providers agree that pain is subjective and is to be measured qualitatively and quantitatively as the patient perceives its intensity. Pain can affect the quality of life of the individual by impacting them physically, emotionally, and financially. Pain can also impact the family and support systems. The treatment of pain and the loss of income due to pain increases the costs for health care, the individual, and the population. Analyzing and clarifying the concept of managing acute pain can increase the healthcare provider’s knowledge of acute pain management, define the concept of managing acute pain, and expand the understanding of the concept of managing acute pain. The aim of this analysis is to clarify the defining attributes of managing acute pain, identify antecedents that influence the perception of pain and the possible consequences of acute pain. Review of Literature To increase the understanding of the concept of managing acute pain, it is important to explore the definitions...
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...Effects of Humor and Laughter on Healing in Adults with Illness: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis Lauren E. Johnson University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N5327 Analysis of Theories in Nursing Ronda Mintz-Binder, RN, MN, DNP March 10, 2014 Effects of Humor and Laughter on Healing in Adults with Illness: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis The stressors of illness, together with the stressors of everyday life, can challenge the coping mechanisms of all patients. The relationship between humor and health dates back to the bible: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22, New International Version). Research across many disciplines has shown humor to be an important tool in facilitating these coping skills Humor is an integral part of everyday life and, therefore, also a component of the care and treatment of patients in the modern health care system. The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the concept of humor along with laughter in the healthcare arena as well as serve as a vehicle in providing a clearer understanding of the thought and its therapeutic value in nursing. Review of Literature Don’t forget to summarize here!!!! Nursing Discipline A quantitative study was conducted by Astedt-Kurki & Liukkonen (1994) to illustrate the occurrence and meaning of humor in the nursing process, as described and experienced by professional...
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...Concepts for Analysis ACC/423 March 12, 2013 Professor Farook Maya Concepts for Analysis (a) Major Recommendations of the stock-based compensation pronouncement. Generally, the rule indicates that employee stock options be treated like all other types of compensation and that their value be included in financial statements as part of the costs of employee services. The rule requires that all types of stock options be recognized as compensation based on the fair value of the options. Fair value for public companies would be estimated using an option-pricing model. No adjustments after the grant date would be made for changes in the stock price—either up or down. For both public and nonpublic companies, the value of the award would be charged to expense over the period in which employees provide the related service, which is generally considered the vesting period. Expense is recognized over the service period with adjustment (reversal) of expense for options that do not vest, if employees do not meet the service requirement. (b) The provisions of GAAP in this area differ from the bill introduced by members of Congress (Dreier and Eshoo) According to Ciesielski’s commentary, the bill in Congress would only record expense for the options granted to the top five executives. They also are recommending that the SEC conduct further study of the issue and therefore delay the implementation of the new standard. From a...
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...Introduction A concept analysis is written in order to clearly define a selected topic and provide understanding of its uses, attributes and how it will relate to a certain field. The goal of this paper is to convey the conceptual meaning of rurality as it relates to oral health and its impact on advanced practice nursing. Purpose The purpose if this concept analysis is to present a theoretical understanding of oral health among rural populations. Despite important links between oral health and general health, oral diseases are common and public health and prevention efforts aimed to improving oral health have lagged prevention efforts. Research shows that the key to improving oral health is through preventative care and early treatments. However, many individuals within rural communities do not have access to preventive programs and early treatment; whether it is due to financial burden, uninsured, distance to treatment, lower rates of water fluoridation or poor access to care providers. People who have the least access to preventive services and dental treatment have greater rates of oral diseases (“Oral Health”, 2013). Evidence In 2000, the United States Surgeon General’s report on “Oral Health in America” defined oral health broadly, emphasizing that oral health is “integral to general health; oral health means more than healthy teeth and that you cannot be healthy without oral health.” The World Health Organization defines oral health as “a state of being free from...
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...Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis Joliette Tiffany Grice University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of N5327 Section 400 Analysis of Theories in Nursing Ronda Mintz-Binder, DNP, RN June 10th, 2012 Depression in the Adolescent Oncology Patient: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis We all go through up and downs in our mood, sadness is a normal reaction to life’s trials and tribulations. Many people use the word depression to explain these feelings, but depression is much more than just a feeling of sadness. According to Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary (2002), depression is an abnormal emotional state characterized by exaggerated feelings of sadness, melancholy, dejection, worthlessness, emptiness, and hopelessness that are inappropriate and out of proportion to reality. Depression may be expressed in a wide spectrum of affective, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral manifestations. A depressed teenager may be hostile, grumpy, or may easily lose his or her temper. Unexplained aches and pains are also common symptoms of depression in young people. The adolescent oncology patient may suffer from all of these symptoms due to the life altering circumstances that a cancer diagnosis brings. However, due to side effects of treatment medications sometimes makes it difficult to properly identify and diagnosis the onset of depression. Therefore, the concept of depression...
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...Hello class, as a professional nurse entering nursing school my critical thinking skills at that time was not the best. As I continue the program my critical thinking skills had to build and it’s still building today, critical thinking is not learned over night it develops over time and that’s something I had to learn over time. Being a competent nurse requires more than just mastering tasks it requires critical thinking. According to the article critical thinking is crucial critical thinking is a skill that requires support and development. It is to be hoped that it begins early in life, is fostered in our schools and universities, and is accepted as a vital part of nursing and healthcare practice. (Seldon.2010). Stated health care in the 21st century becoming more complex and demanding due to more emphasis on patient information, patient rights, and best evidence for practice, there is a greater burden on the nurse to participate in shared decision-making, and co-operation across professions. (Castledine.2010). As a professional nurse I must continue to think outside the box, continuing asking questions, learning and going to seminars to learn best practice all of these things will health me survive in the modern healthcare world. All clinical nurses need to develop the skills of a thinker if they are to survive in the modern healthcare world. If not, they are not only letting their patients down but also their colleagues in the professional healthcare team. (Castledine.2010)...
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...Concept Analysis: Caring Nursing 18200 Purdue University Calumet Leslie Rittenmeyer, PsyD, CS, RN, CNE Professor 1 & 2. I chose to present a concept analysis on caring because according to Watson (2005), caring is the core of nursing. When consulting with my 20-year old son on which concept to analyze, he responded, “Caring, because that is what nursing is about”. 3. But defining caring proved to be tricky because, according to Sargent (2011), caring is subjective and contextual. A review of three dictionaries (Oxford English Dictionary, Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, and The Free Dictionary) explains caring as, to feel concern for and to show compassion for. The Oxford Historical thesaurus describes caring as “looking after, attention to, compassion for, and concerned with”. Sargent (2011) stated that attributes identified as “being a part of caring (compassion, interpersonal skill, technical skill, moral imperative, and therapeutic intervention) stand alone as critical components of the nurses’ professional role in their own right”. Sourial (1997) found eight uses of the concept ‘caring’: “Ethics, instrumental and affective; traits; patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of caring; holism; humanism; organizational; and quality”. Quality can be understood to be patient outcomes. Buckley (2014 discussed the connection between independent caring actions of the nurse and “the cost of adverse events (outcomes) when intentional...
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...NURSING: A CONCEPT ANALYSIS Mentoring In Nursing: A Concept Analysis Leslie R. Dick The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Introduction Mentoring can be dated as far back as the Ancient Greeks. Young athletes were trained by their more experienced superiors. Homer is most famous for our initial understanding a mentor when he tells of Odysseus leaving his infant son with a companion, Mentor, when he left on his Odyssey (Gentry, Weber, & Sadri, 2008). Mentoring is a relationship between two people which lasts over an extended period of time. One of the people, the mentor, is more experienced and considered senior to the mentee and is trusted by the mentee. The mentee is less experienced, although not necessarily younger, than the mentor. Mentors can play an important role in our lives. They share knowledge, experience, and wisdom, and they critique us and give honest feedback. Positive, competent mentors develop relationships with their mentees and are focused on their growth. They are also generous and professional in their collaborations. The benefits of mentoring relationships include increased self-confidence and retention, strengthened professional relationships and increased skill levels. These consequences of mentoring improve the health environment for all. Through this concept analysis, I hope to show the attributes associated with mentoring as well as provide related terms that will provide a further understanding of the concept. A model...
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