Concept Analysis Diagram – Human Development

Nursing Care  Directed toward what contributes to a normal concept and is thereby related to all factors involved in or with the concept. Not always needed to have a normal outcome. Attributes  Defining characteristics of the concept  What property, quality, or data must be present for the concept to exist Antecedents  What precedes the concept for it to exist  Events or incidents that must happen before the concept Consequences  Untoward events or outcomes that occur due to malfunction within the concept  Positive events or outcomes that occur due to proper functioning within the concept Interrelated Concept  Concepts which can affect change in the other  Concepts which work together to ensure a normal process  Concepts which if depleted or impaired can cause a negative consequence in the other Sub-Concept  Critical components of major concept

1 © 2015, Texas CBC Consortium. All Rights Reserved. Revised 6.15 Explanation of Human Development Diagram:

The Human Development concept analysis diagram clearly depicts the definition as it is related to the attributes. Meeting developmental milestones and tasks, appropriate to age, indicate when this concept is optimally functional. The antecedents identify the events that must happen prior to the concept’s optimal existence. These include biological/genetic, nutrition, environment, and health. For example, if there are chromosomal abnormalities (genetics), there will be a negative effect on human development.

The sub- concepts or major components of the human development concept are all aspects closely examined throughout the lecture content. These occur across the life span and can be affected at any point on the continuum. For example, an infant may have difficulty with communication skills if he/she is deaf; whereas an older adult may suffer a stroke that would result in communication skill impairment. Human Development affects the interrelated concepts and the interrelated concepts may impact Human Development. The interrelated concepts are listed on the diagram and of particular interest is the concept of health promotion as this has a very positive effect on human development. The consequences are resultantly positive if everything progresses in a healthy manner. If health promotion is affected negatively, the negative consequences may occur.

Nursing care is implemented proactively or when negative consequences occur. Nursing care is directed toward facilitating antecedents to be at an ideal level to allow optimum Human Development thereby meeting the assessment standards of the Attributes which facilitate positive outcomes.