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Chloeellawright · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What is a concept?

a. The abstract, logical structure of meaning
b. A term that abstractly describes and names an object, a phenomenon, or an idea, thus providing it with a separate identity of meaning
c. An integrated set of defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control that phenomenon
d. A diagram that expresses the interrelationships of concepts and statements

Question 2

What is concept synthesis?

a. Creations of the interrelationships between concepts and statements in a framework
b. The process of describing and naming a previously unrecognized concept
c. Modifying conceptual definitions from other disciplines to be consistent with nursing usage
d. A strategy through which a set of characteristics essential to the connotative meaning of a concept is identified

ms_sulzle · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A framework is the abstract, logical structure of meaning that guides the development of the study and enables the researcher to link the findings to nursing's body of knowledge. A concept is a term that abstractly describes and names an object, a phenomenon, or an idea, thus providing it with a separate identity or meaning. A theory consists of an integrated set of defined concepts, existence statements, and relational statements that can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control that phenomenon. A conceptual map is a diagram that expresses the interrelationships of the concepts and statements in a framework.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Concept analysis is a strategy through which a set of characteristics essential to the connotative meaning of a concept is identified. Concept synthesis is the process of describing and naming a previously unrecognized concept. Modifying conceptual definitions from other disciplines to be consistent with nursing usage is known as concept derivation.