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Meaning and Use of the Transitions Concept in Healthcare

Nancy Capponi*

Tanner Health System School of Nursing, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia.

Periodicity:November - January'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.9.4.16682

Abstract

This analysis paper explores the meaning of the concept of transition, focusing on the variety of meanings and uses in healthcare. There are numerous similarities in meaning applied to this concept in healthcare, education, and the sciences. The concept of transition has emerged in healthcare as an approach to the understanding of change and development throughout life processes, particularly regarding an individual’s status within the health illness continuum. The transition theory is based upon nurse-patient interactions that occur during a transition caused by a life change. The use of the transition concept has been used in many nursing practice settings, across cultures, and throughout the human life span. The concept of transition is examined based on the method developed in 2005 by Walker and Avant that identifies antecedents and consequences of transitions established by literature review findings. Exemplars of the concept are presented in model, contrary, related, and borderline cases.

Keywords

Concept Analysis, Transition, Transitions, Healthcare, Nursing.

How to Cite this Article?

Capponi, N. (2020). Meaning and Use of the Transitions Concept in Healthcare. i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 9(4), 34-44. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.9.4.16682

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