Assignment: Theory-practice gap
The “theory-practice gap,” as some have called it, has prevented
our profession from full utilization of its knowledge base in
practice, and has impeded the view of nursing as a theoretically
based discipline, to its detriment. There are distinctly different
viewpoints to this argument, based on the different perspectives
of academics and theoreticians on the one hand and that of
practitioners on the other. Being honest about your reaction, and
applying critical thinking skills to the question, where do you
stand on the issue, and why?
The development of the discipline of nursing has gone through
many stages of philosophical debates. Justify the relevance and
utility of the knowledge of theory development to your practice