Gap between knowledge and practice in nursing

Khairulnissa Ajani; Salima Moez

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.396

Gap between knowledge and practice in nursing

Khairulnissa Ajani, Salima Moez

School of Nursing & Midwifery, Pakistan

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Abstract

Nursing is considered as caring for a person in a variety of health related situations. This caring also involves teaching about health and the prevention of illness; hence, nurses play a key role in promoting higher standards of health. To maintain a proper balance between theory and practice, a nurse, has to be updated with current knowledge and practice in the field. This paper addresses the issue of the gap between theory and practice in the nursing profession in the light of literature and makes some recommendations accordingly to close the gap.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3927-3931
Number of pages	5
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.396
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2011 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Feb 2011 → 7 Feb 2011

Keywords

Knowledge gap
Nursing
Practice

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