Describe a nursing related example for each term and discuss how these terms relate to the development of knowledge in nursing. Briefly define the terms below. Give an example of each. Be explicit as to how and why your example illustrates the definition. Describe how different patterns of knowing influence the development and use of nursing knowledge.
Concept analysis is useful for problem solving in many dimensions of knowledge development.
Describe the steps involved in concept analysis. Support your description and discussion with an example. Theory-linked research may be either theory generating or theory testing. Describe how a nurse would know when to apply a specific theorist to a nursing care problem. Compare and contrast the definitions of person, health, environment, and nursing among the assigned theorists.