Concept Development in Nursing: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications

This text presents state-of-the-art methods for developing concepts appropriate for nursing. It offers a wide array of approaches to concept development, ranging from the classic to the cutting-edge in a manner that balances philosophical foundations with techniques and practical examples.

Explores approaches ranging from the classic to constructivist to critical or postmodern

Balances philosophy and methods, illustrating each method with a complete example of a specific concept developed using that method.

Offers new chapters on a multiphase approach to concept analysis, dimensional analysis, critical approaches, and building a program of research