**CONCEPT ANALYSIS PAPER-CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS THE CONCEPT.** Below is an examp

**CONCEPT ANALYSIS PAPER-CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS THE CONCEPT.**
Below is an example of format given by my professor
I. The purpose of concept analysis is to distinguish between the defining attributes of a concept and its irrelevant attributes, refine ambiguous concepts in theory, examine information prior to research and theory building activities, prior to tool/scale development, in development of nursing diagnosis.
II. Concept Analysis Process
1. selection of a concept
2. determine the aim or purpose of analysis
3. identify all the uses of the concept (definitions)
4. determine the defining attributes
5. construct cases
6. identify antecedents and consequences
7. define empirical referents
III. Defining characteristics (critical attributes)
1. cluster of attributes most frequently associated with the concept
2. helps differentiate the concept from others similar or related to it
3. characteristics you see over and over again in the literature
Example: Pregnancy
While there are presumptive and probable signs of pregnancy, the positive or diagnostic signs include:
fetal heart tones
uterine soufflé (sound made by the blood within the arteries of the gravid uterus)
funic or funicular soufflé (sound synchronous with the fetal heart beat, probably from the umbilical cord)
observed fetal movement
observation of fetus
IV. Antecedents
Events or incidents that must occur prior to the occurrence of the concept
Determinants of the concept
Things that precede or cause the concept
Risk factors for the concept
Example: ovulation and sexual intercourse are antecedents to pregnancy
V. Consequences
Events or incidents that occur as a result of the occurrence of the concept
Things that follow the concept
Example: birth is the expected consequence of pregnancy
I ALSO INCLUDED TWO CA PAPER EXAMPLES FROM PREVIOUS STUDENTS THAT THE PROFESSOR SENT TO US