The theory-practice relationship: reflective skills and theoretical knowledge as key factors in bridging the gap between theory and practice in initial nursing education

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 868-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Katrine Riksaasen Hatlevik
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Reflective Skills

scholarly journals Solutions to bridge the theory-practice gap in nursing education in the UAE: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Saifan ◽  
Briliya Devadas ◽  
Fares Daradkeh ◽  
Hadya Abdel-Fattah ◽  
Mohannad Aljabery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
College Staff ◽  
Clinical Culture ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

Abstract Background The theoretical knowledge of nursing underpins the practice, while the practice environment determines the circumstances within which the theoretical knowledge is applied. The biggest challenge facing nursing as an academic field is the theory-practice gap, which is a universal issue in nursing. This study aimed to raise solutions to close the gap between theory and practice in nursing education through the eyes of nursing students in UAE. Methods A qualitative descriptive approach was followed; whereby 25 Emirati nursing students were interviewed. Results Two main themes are discussed in this study: ‘Clinical Culture Creation’ and ‘Curriculum Content Reformation’. The students suggested to decreased the loud and stress on their clinical educators. They also suggested creating synchronization between what is taught in classrooms and labs and what is offered in the clinical training. Moreover, some of the students expected to have more benefit if they get their clinical training in health institutions owned by their college. On the other side, many of the participants suggested to move from the integration system to the block system. Another interesting suggestion includes having the same college staff to teach the theory and the clinical. The final suggestion includes decreasing the paper work during clinical training. Conclusions This study explored the solutions to bridge the theory-practice gap in nursing education in the UAE. The study has implications for nursing education and practice within the UAE and is imperative for graduating workplace ready professional nurses within the country.

scholarly journals Preceptoria em enfermagem em um serviço público de saúde

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaura Soares Paczek ◽  
Elaine Maria Alexandre
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Enseñanza Superior ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Specialized Care ◽  
Competencias Profesionales ◽  
Linking Theory And Practice

Objetivo: relatar a experiência do preceptor da residência de Enfermagem do Programa de Residência Integrada em Saúde. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, tipo relato de experiência, sobre a preceptoria realizada por uma enfermeira estomaterapeuta de um serviço público de atendimento a pessoas com estomias para alunos da residência em Enfermagem do Programa de Residência Integrada Multiprofissional em Saúde. Resultados: subsidia-se, pelo programa de residência, a formação de profissionais, integrando ensino, serviço e aprendizado, desenvolvendo competências e habilidades na formação dos profissionais e a troca de experiências. Conclusão: acredita-se que a preceptoria de Enfermagem para residentes é um desafio e uma excelente experiência para o profissional enfermeiro, interligando a teoria e a prática, oferecendo, ao residente, o conhecimento teórico e a vivência de um atendimento especializado, trazendo, ao preceptor, uma reflexão de seus saberes e competências profissionais, devendo realizar a função de educador com clareza e domínio e tendo segurança no desempenho de suas atividades. Descritores: Educação em Enfermagem; Preceptoria; Aprendizagem; Residência Multiprofissional; Tutoria; Ensino Superior.AbstractObjective: to report the experience of the preceptor of the nursing residency of the Integrated Health Residency Program. Method: this is a descriptive, experience report type study about the preceptorship performed by a stomatherapist nurse of a public service of people with ostomies for nursing residency students of the Multiprofessional Integrated Health Residency Program. Results: the residency program subsidizes the training of professionals, integrating teaching, service and learning, developing competences and skills in the training of professionals and exchange of experiences. Conclusion: it is believed that the nursing preceptorship for residents is a challenge and an excellent experience for the professional nurse, linking theory and practice, offering the resident the theoretical knowledge and experience of specialized care, bringing to the preceptor, a reflection of their professional knowledge and competences, having to perform the function of educator with clarity and mastery and having confidence in the performance of their activities. Descriptors: Nursing Education; Preceptorship; Learning; Multiprofessional Residence; Tutoring; University Education.ResumenObjetivo: relatar la experiencia del preceptor de la residencia de enfermería del Programa Integrado de Residencia de Salud. Método: este es un estudio descriptivo, tipo relato de experiencia sobre la preceptoría realizada por una enfermera estomoterapeuta de un servicio público de personas con estomías para estudiantes de residencia de enfermería del Programa de Residencia Integrada de Salud Multiprofesional Resultados: se subsidia, por el programa de residencia, la formación de profesionales, integrando la enseñanza, el servicio y el aprendizaje, desarrollando competencias y habilidades en la formación de profesionales e intercambio de experiencias Conclusión: se cree que la preceptoría de enfermería para los residentes es un desafío y una excelente experiencia para la enfermera profesional, vinculando teoría y práctica, ofreciendo al residente el conocimiento teórico y la experiencia de la atención especializada, trayendo al preceptor, un reflejo de sus conocimientos y competencias profesionales, teniendo que desempeñar la función de educador con claridad y dominio y tener seguridad en el desempeño de sus actividades. Descriptores: Educación en Enfermería; Preceptoría; Aprendizaje; Residencia Multiprofesional; Tutoría; Enseñanza superior.

scholarly journals Research on healthy catering recommendation space

2020 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 03011
Author(s):  
Yongjie Deng ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Dongping Tang
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Depth Study

This paper conducts an in-depth study on the catering recommendation space based on different situations. By consulting the literature, visiting relevant experts, condensing the theoretical knowledge of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) constitutional dietotherapy theory, it has extracted some key factors that can be effectively utilized in catering theory. The variable framework of the situational catering recommendation system is preliminarily constructed. Also, it has designed a mixed catering recommendation space that combines TCM Constitutional Theory and user situation, which not only meets individual preferences but also improves the users’ sub-health status. Finally, through the questionnaire survey, the importance of each attribute in the eyes of consumers has been recognized; then this essay provides a guidance for the recommendation ranking method in the design of the catering recommendation system after making the cross-analysis.

scholarly journals Student nurses’ experiences of incivility and the impact on learning and emotional wellbeing

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Vuolo
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Invisible

Background: Incivility is the display of intimidating, rude, disruptive or undesirable behaviours. Incivility in nursing has the potential to impact on the learning environment, student wellbeing and patient outcomes. Although it is a globally recognised phenomenon, relatively little is known about it in the context of nurse education in the United Kingdom, where the students’ time is divided equally between theory and practice and a nurse mentor is allocated to each student when on clinical placement.Methods: A phenomenological qualitative design was used to explore the experiences of ten student nurses studying on a three year degree level pre-registration (pre-licensure) nursing programme. Data was collected by in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews which were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as a framework.Results: Student nurses can experience incivility in both classroom and clinical settings with negative consequences in terms of learning and personal wellbeing. Four superordinate (main) themes (Knowing-Not Knowing/Positioning/The Invisible Student/Distraction) were identified along with a further fifteen subordinate themes which included misuse, being nameless and feeling a burden.Conclusions: These findings add further to our understanding of incivility in nursing education and specifically the potential for incivility to impact on learning and students’ emotional wellbeing. Incivilities related to ‘the Invisible Student’ and ‘Knowing-Not Knowing’ are particularly worthy of further exploration as they reveal a hitherto unappreciated dimension of this complex, globally recognised phenomena. 

scholarly journals Qualifications and Certificates v Practical Knowledge and Experience: Is There a Winner?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Eddie Fisher ◽  
Yorkys Santana González
Keyword(s):  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Face To Face

There appears to be a continuing and inconclusive debate amongst scholars whether theoretical knowledge or practical experience is more important in related and associated areas such as education, recruitment and employability. This research, limited to a literature review and face to face interviews, conducted a systematic investigation to obtain and analyze valid and reliable research data to establish whether theoretical knowledge or practical experience are of paramount importance. The outcome of this research suggests that a hybrid approach should be adopted, with the major focus being on practical experience supported by relevant theoretical knowledge and not the converse. A number of additional recommendations are presented how to balance and close the gap between theory and practice including a redesign of ordinary and advanced level educational teaching. Far greater emphasis needs to be placed on young people gaining early practical experience inside and outside the classroom. This can be achieved by developing practical workshops (pilot studies) for use in safe laboratory-type environments and by extending work placements within organizations during term times.   

scholarly journals I Am a Nursing Student but Hate Nursing: The East Asian Perspectives between Social Expectation and Social Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Social Expectation

From the East Asian social and cultural perspectives and contexts, this study aimed to understand the relationships and behaviors between nursing students’ sense of filial piety and their decision-making behind selecting nursing education as their major. Forty-two traditional-age nursing students (i.e., six men and 36 women) at their final year of a bachelor’s degree program in nursing were invited. The findings indicated that many nursing students disliked their university major and the potential career pathway as a nursing professional, as none of them selected the major based on their choice and interest. The environmental context and family’s recommendations were the major impacts to influence the decision-making process of the participants. The result also indicated that filial piety, parents’ recommendations, and elderly people’s suggestions were the key factors to influence the selections and decisions of university major and career development pathways. The study provided a blueprint for related staff and professionals to create and design career counselling and services for East Asian youths to enable life investment and development.

From orientation to behavior: The interplay between learning orientation, open-mindedness, and psychological safety in team learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1726-1751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Harvey ◽  
Kevin J Johnson ◽  
Kate S Roloff ◽  
Amy C Edmondson
Keyword(s):  
Team Learning ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Team Development ◽  
Learning Orientation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Team Members ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Learning Team

Do teams with motivation to learn actually engage in the behaviors that produce learning? Though team learning orientation has been found to be positively related to team learning, we know little about how and when it actually fosters team learning. It is obviously not the only factor that may impact learning in teams. Team psychological safety, or the way team members feel about taking interpersonal risks, is another important factor associated with team learning. Team open-mindedness, or the degree of curiosity that teams have for new ideas, is also likely to impact team learning. So far, these factors have been investigated independently of each other. In this article, we draw from theory on team development and goal achievement to develop a model of team learning that includes them. We report the results from a time-lagged, survey-based study designed to test our model. We found that the relationship between team learning orientation and team learning is mediated by team psychological safety. Yet, this is only true when team open-mindedness is low, not when it is high. We thus reveal initial patterns of interaction and discrimination among key factors that are related to team learning in ways that contribute to both theory and practice.

scholarly journals A Teaching Model of Urban and Rural Planning Curriculum Integrating Virtual Simulation Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Xuhui Wang ◽  
Zhao Hao ◽  
Sixi Luo ◽  
Meimei Ren
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Virtual Simulation ◽  
Good Effect ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Rural Planning ◽  
Simulation Technology ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Teaching Situation

In the teaching process of Urban and Rural Planning, students not just need to learn relevant theoretical knowledge, but also should flexibly apply relevant theoretical knowledge to practice urban and rural planning. Virtual simulation technology can construct the teaching situation which organically combines theory and practice for the course of Urban and Rural Planning, help students deepen the understanding of theoretical knowledge and enhance theoretical knowledge application and practice ability so as to make up for the defects in Urban and Rural Planning teaching. Thus, virtual simulation technology was integrated in Urban and Rural Planning teaching to form the complete teaching mode in this paper. Practical teaching application shows the teaching mode has good effect on improving students’ theoretical knowledge study and practical ability.

Harmonising Nursing Education: Theory and Practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 76-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie E. Parks ◽  
Laura Tucker Longsworth ◽  
Isidora Espadas
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Theory

Professional Course Reforms According North American University Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 889-890 ◽  
pp. 1684-1687
Author(s):  
Ling Yan Hu ◽  
Yong Xin ◽  
Yan Ni Zou ◽  
Chun Quan Li ◽  
Shao Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Teaching Reform ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Teaching Efficiency

At present, there is a big gap between education level of Chinese universities and that of North American universities, especially compare with US universities. The paper studied the key factors for the success of North American university education according the authors experience and analyzed the problems existing in Chinese university education. Taking the curriculum of Data Structure as an example, the paper developed a teaching reform scheme focusing on cultivating students abilities. Two years practical teaching results showed that the teaching reforms proposed in this paper can stimulated the students initiative to learn. The students were able to apply the theoretical knowledge to solve the practical problems. Accordingly teaching efficiency has been improved significantly.

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