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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 5 (2018), Article ID 5:IJNCP-284, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2018/284
Concept Analysis
Positivism: A Concept Analysis

Paulina Pawlikowski1, Nina Rico2 and Sharon L. Van Sell3,*

1Graduate Nursing Program, Texas Woman’s University, United States of America
2Graduate Nursing Program, Texas Woman’s University, United States of America
3Professor, The Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing, Texas Woman’s University, United States of America
Dr. Sharon L. Van Sell, The Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing, 5500 Southwestern Medical Avenue, #7209, Dallas, Texas, USA, 75235-7299. Tel: 1-864-275-3527, Fax: 214-689-6539; E-mail: svansell@twu.edu
04 April 2018; 21 June 2018; 23 June 2018
Pawlikowski P, Rico N, Van Sell SL (2018) Positivism: A Concept Analysis. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 5: 284. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2018/284
This article was published with support from Texas Woman'sUniversity Libraries’ Open Access Fund.
© 2018 Van Sell et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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