A concept analysis of the phenomenon interruption

An interruption was found to have no consistent definition in either healthcare or nonhealthcare literature. Walker and Avant's 8-step method of concept analysis was used to clarify, define, and develop a conceptual model of interruption. The analysis led to the identification of 5 defining att...

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Published inAdvances in nursing science Vol. 30; no. 1; p. E26
Main Authors Brixey, Juliana J, Robinson, David J, Johnson, Craig W, Johnson, Todd R, Turley, James P, Zhang, Jiajie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2007
Subjects
Concept Formation
Humans
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Models, Theoretical
Nursing
Nursing Research
Task Performance and Analysis
Terminology as Topic
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Summary:An interruption was found to have no consistent definition in either healthcare or nonhealthcare literature. Walker and Avant's 8-step method of concept analysis was used to clarify, define, and develop a conceptual model of interruption. The analysis led to the identification of 5 defining attributes that include (1) a human experience; (2) an intrusion of a secondary, unplanned, and unexpected task; (3) discontinuity; (4) externally or internally initiated; and (5) situated within a context. Use of the defining attributes will be extended to form a category of interruption within a taxonomy of activity.
ISSN:1550-5014
DOI:10.1097/00012272-200701000-00012