Building Concepts
Janice M. Morse 14 BUILDING CONCEPTS A concept … refers to the properties of a phenomenon, not the phenomenon itself. It gives meaning to what can be seen, heard, tasted,…
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Concept Identification Using Qualitative Inquiry
Janice M. Morse 13 CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION USING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY What is wrong with health care are its concepts and words, rather than its picayune—but rather costly—procedures. —Ivan Illich (1994) Concept…
From Concept Development to Qualitatively Derived Theory: Ethical Sensitivity in Professional Practice
Kathryn Weaver 21 FROM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT TO QUALITATIVELY DERIVED THEORY: ETHICAL SENSITIVITY IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE The signs – sometimes imperceptible, at others very clear – are all around us. But…
Modes of Releasing in the Praxis Theory of Suffering: The Responses of Women to the Results of Breast Biopsy
Janice M. Morse and Charlotte Pooler 24 MODES OF RELEASING IN THE PRAXIS THEORY OF SUFFERING: THE RESPONSES OF WOMEN TO THE RESULTS OF BREAST BIOPSY For the next thirty-six…
The Praxis Theory of Comfort and Comforting
Janice M. Morse 37 THE PRAXIS THEORY OF COMFORT AND COMFORTING1 Asked by elderly woman: “What do you call a group of nurses?” Answer: “A comfort!” What, then, is comfort?…
Concept Clarification: The Use of Pragmatic Utility
Janice M. Morse 17 CONCEPT CLARIFICATION: THE USE OF PRAGMATIC UTILITY1 Words … should be discarded as soon as they begin to conceal what they ought to illuminate. Our terminology…
Developing Theory Using Mixed Methods: Patterns of Attending in Nursing
Joan L. Bottorff 26 DEVELOPING THEORY USING MIXED METHODS: PATTERNS OF ATTENDING IN NURSING The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully…
The Myth of a Theory Base
Janice M. Morse 39 THE MYTH OF A THEORY BASE Theories, derived from qualitative research, languish in libraries and in journals, separated from patient care by the infamous research-practice. —Morse…
Meta-Synthesis of Nursing Presence
Deborah Finfgeld-Connett 30 META-SYNTHESIS OF NURSING PRESENCE1 META-SYNTHESIS OF NURSING PRESENCE Due, in part, to its spiritual and philosophical underpinnings, nursing presence is a complex concept that is vague and…
Making Useful Theory: Making Theory Useful
Janice M. Morse 23 MAKING USEFUL THEORY: MAKING THEORY USEFUL There was a dean at my university who was a scientist with high intelligence but low boiling point. One day…
