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Question: Using the West, Abbott (2014) article Fatigue Alarm, conduct a critical appraisal delineating Walker & Avant's steps in concept analysis (reference McEwen & Wills 6th ed. text, Box 3-2, p. 60).
Concept: Alarm Fatigue
Critically appraise West et al.'s use of each step of Walker and Avant's method for
concept analysis:
Select a concept - In an introductory paragraph, identify the concept analyzed in the West et al. (2014) article. Include one or two definitions of this concept found in the literature and include citations.
Determine the aims or purposes of the analysis
Identify all the uses of the concepts possible
Determine the defining attributes
Identify model case - Include a discussion on why the example is a model case.
Identify borderline, related, contrary, inverted, and/or illegitimate cases - Discuss what makes these borderline, related, contrary, inverted or illegitimate cases.
Identify antecedents and consequences
Define empirical referent(s) - Are the identified empirical referents applicable to
the concept of Alarm Fatigue? Why or why not?