title: Attitude: a concept analysis.
abstract: This paper presents a concept analysis conducted as a beginning step to developing research on nurses' attitudes toward advancing formal education. A literature review, conducted by the author, confirmed that the term attitude is used prolifically in nursing research; however, the findings were inconclusive as to a definition and the attributes of an "attitude." Often this concept was either not defined or vaguely defined. Few operational definitions, required for accurate measurement of a concept, were found. An adequate definition and understanding of a concept is required for critical reflection and utilization of the term and development of measurement procedures.
authors: Division of Nursing, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA, USA. altmannt@csus.edu
authors: Tanya K
authors: TK
authors: Altmann
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003071:Cognition; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research