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Nursing And Concept Analysis Essay

¶ … Traditionally there was no empirical investigations were used in concept analysis but this has changed over time due to the limitations that it had in the methodology of concept analysis. There are several advantages that come with concept analysis and one of them is the fact that it carries meaning that helps people interpret their world hence the development and understanding of theories. It helps in the making out between the connotative and the denotative meaning of concepts. Concept analysis forms the basis for providing operational definition or description of abstract concepts in the process of theory development....

The concept analyses are also used to make out the difference between the defining attributes and the irrelevant attributes in the of the concept being looked at. It can also be used in clarifying ambiguous concepts in the process of theory development. Concept analysis can also be used to determine the attributes and characteristics that will be utilized in coming up with the tools of measurement in the process of developing a theory (Botes A, 2014). The concept analysis does not pose any serious disadvantages in a research or development of theory since it aids in the critical thinking and building up of the theory…

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Botes A, (2002). Concept analysis: Some limitations and possible solutions. Department of Nursing, Rand Arkansas University.

Thompson H.J., (2008). Fever: a concept analysis. U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367118/
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