Minding the Gap: Some Theory-Practice Disjunctions in Nursing Education Research.

Stark, Sheila; Cooke, Peggy; Stronach, Ian

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Minding the Gap: Some Theory-Practice Disjunctions in Nursing Education Research.

Stark, Sheila; Cooke, Peggy; Stronach, Ian

Nurse Education Today, v20 n2 p155-63 Feb 2000

Deconstruction of three British nursing research projects found that, due to a "Utopian" perspective, they reintroduce theory-practice gaps they sought to close. Future nursing research should avoid idealistic prescriptions and promote more skeptical and realistic approaches. (SK)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nursing Education, Nursing Research, Research Utilization, Theory Practice Relationship

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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