Abstract
Nurse education is being challenged to maintain quality in light of shortage of practice professionals, societal demands and rapid changes in health care delivery. The importance underlying the practice of nursing education must continue to be explored through theories to bring about refinement of educational strategies for nursing discipline. The involvement of students learning using this process will help create learning values that serve to retain inquisitive and reflective nursing students in academic settings, while expanding evidence-based education in nursing. This article describes selected middle range theory evaluation as a tool for bridging theory-practice gap and suggests approaches to generate active growth in nursing education to inform and promote optimal client health outcomes through use of concept linkages in theories.Keywords: Middle Range Theory, Theory, Evaluation, Bridging Theory-Practice Gap
Highlights
Nursing is a human practice discipline whose professionals must update their knowledge constantly to meet the complex and challenging healthcare demands of contemporary healthcare service consumers
Two middle range theories were summarized and evaluated using criteria for evaluation to support the paper while the practice problem was addressed with a suitable theory and reasons for selection of the theory given using the proposition of the theory to refine the practice problem
Practice Problem: Do nursing students engage in reflective practice to improve academic performance and professional development?
Summary
Nursing is a human practice discipline whose professionals must update their knowledge constantly to meet the complex and challenging healthcare demands of contemporary healthcare service consumers. The key concepts of Benner’s model are those of competence, skill acquisition, experiences, clinical knowledge and practical knowledge (McEwen & Wills, 2007).
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