Innovation in Nursing: A Concept Analysis
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The healthcare industry has experienced a proliferation of innovations for enhancing the life expectancy, quality of life, diagnostic, treatment and caring options, as well as the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the healthcare systems. Information technology has also played a vital role in the innovation of nursing care. The term in nursing innovation is widely used throughout nursing and allied health literature; however, the meaning of the term is not clear. This paper is a report of an analysis of the concept of innovation in nursing and provides a greater understanding of innovation and its use in the nursing profession. Stage Action 1 Select a concept (interesting, revelent, important, useful) 2 Determine the aims or purpose of the analysis (to distinguish between ordinary and scientific usage of the same concept, to clarify meaning of an existing concept, to develop an operational definition, to develop on operational definition, to add to existing theory, etc.) 3 Identify all uses of concept (sources, all uses of the term, in all fields). 4 Determine (the definition attitudes) 5 Identify (a model case) 6 Identify (borderline cases, related cases, contrary cases, invented cases, illegitimate cases) 7 Identify (antecedents, consequences) 8 Define (empirical referents). Table 1: Walker and Avant’s concept analysis model. Citation: Kaya N, Turan N, Aydın GÖ (2016) Innovation in Nursing: A Concept Analysis. J Comm Pub Health Nursing 2: 108. doi:10.4172/24719846.1000108
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