Summary Of Chinn And Kramer Framework For Concept Analysis

Chinn & Kramer framework for concept analysis The purpose of conducting a concept analysis of a word or term, or create meaning for it, as Chinn and Kramer describe (2008), is to produce “a tentative meaning of the concept and a set of tentative criteria for determining whether the concept is useful in a particular situation” (p. 190). The definition of a concept is not closed and can be changed when new understandings of the term are discovered. The framework by Chinn and Kramer (2008) for concept analysis comprehends different steps, and Krassa (2008) describes these steps as follows: selection of a concept, determine the goal of the concept analysis, finding multiple sources of evidence to generate criteria for the concept, refine the criteria found and formulate an overall definition of the concept, build a model case, or exemplar case, as Chinn and Kramer define (2008), and describe the researchable aspects of the concept.
The values are the researcher beliefs and attitudes about the nature of the concept and the context it is merged in. In the nursing field, the concept needs to have meaning that is “useful to nurses and they manage human responses and help persons toward health” (Chinn & Kramer, 2008, p.193). When selecting a concept, it is important to consider if the word represents an empirically knowledge object, or if it is a broad concept. These two types of concept may present a set of problems when developing their meanings, thus it is easier for the author to choose a middle range concept, which can be placed in a narrow scope in relation to the author’s purpose (Chinn & Kramer, 2008). The author may select a common word and assign a specific definition to it that addresses the purpose