Walker And Avant: Strategies For Concept Analysis And Concept Development

Walker and Avant: Strategies for Concept Analysis and Concept Developments
Jessica L. Kokich
Grand Canyon University:NUR-502
November 11, 2014 Walker and Avant: Strategies for Concept Analysis and Concept Development
Bringing clarity to a definition of a concept used in a research development is called concept analysis. Theories and research studies must go through the process of concept analysis to promote understanding of concepts used for the study. There are many methods used in research today bring meaning to concepts. For the purpose of this assignment, Walker and Avant concept analysis will be described (McEwen & Wills, 2014). To further clarify the steps of process and results for each step, a research study will be reviewed
The systematizing structure for this concept analysis is the 11 steps used by John Wilson (1963) and afterward shortened to eight stages by Walker and Avant (2005). The eight-step approach is as follows: (a) select a concept; (b) control the goals of purposes of analysis; (c) classify all the uses of the concept achievable; (d) determine the describing qualities; (e) identify model case; (f) identify midpoint, connected, conflicting, conceived, and unlawful cases; (g) associate precursors, and penalties; and lastly, (h) describe empirical referents. The first two steps of the analysis have already been addressed. The remaining six steps will be described next (Weld & Garmon Bibb,
Identify model case is the next step of the analysis. For instance, a practice case may be created where all attributes are evident. Also, a contrast case may also be created that convincingly does not demonstrate the concept being analyzed. Following the identification of a model case and contrary cases, antecedents and consequences can be explored. The reason of distinguishing antecedents and consequences is to shed extra light on the public setting in which the concept malpractice happens. Antecedents are referred to as those proceedings, events, or performances that are necessary to happen before the concept malpractice takes place. The following two antecedents were identified: absence of adequate teaching and training, and absence of care and notice to detail on behalf of the nurse. Consequences are referred to occasions of events that occur as a result of the happening of malpractice. For this particular concept analysis, six consequences were recognized. First, injury or death to the patient; second, lose of money to both patient and nurse; third, decrease in reputation of the nurse that can have financial ramifications; fourth, the nurse can be accused of