Closing the Theory-Practice Gap The theory-practice gap is not a new problem in healthcare today. This problem has existed for many years and does not seem to be disappearing from healthcare anytime soon. The theory-practice gap in nursing is the difference between what is taught in the classroom and how care is actually given in practice. Theories in nursing are developed to help nurses in practice; these theories have been developed along side and around medical knowledge and medical theory along
Research Approaches There are two known research analytical procedures: inductive and deductive. Saunders et al. (2009) describe them in following way: Inductive approach In simple definition inductive approach observes and draws the theory at the end, built on the knowledge, which was obtained through the information analysis. It works on following pattern: observation pattern theory. Henceforth it is sometimes called “bottom-up” approach. In general this approach is related to the qualitative
Practitioner Studying to be an advanced practice nurse (ANP), one has several avenues to consider. A student may choose one of the following areas to study, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. All of these choices begin with the same studies, such as role of ANP, pathophysiology, pharmacology, advanced nursing I and II, research and theory courses to mention a few. Research shows that APNs are a valuable part
not as successful as was expected, it has succeeded in generating universal knowledge of family planning methods among the masses (IIPS and ORC MACRO, 2000). But, even with this high awareness of contraception, there exists a wide GAP between the knowledge and practice of these methods (Kulkarni, 2003) due to the existing variations in the socioeconomic and geographical characteristics within its
In this article the analytic research describes various perceptions and theories that relates to service quality and customer satisfaction. This article consists of various definitions with regard to service quality, recognized service quality and customer assumptions, and it also defines the relationship between customer prospect, acceptance and satisfaction. This article contains and describes different gaps that are connected to service quality as recognized by consumers. This article gives us
Introduction The aim of this research is to identify the motivational practices that take place in small businesses to improve their employee’s performance and the relation between motivation and employee performance. Motivation plays a very big role in small businesses to succeed because it is a small business and the employees need motivation to lead the business to higher standards. It is considered that when small businesses know how to invest and use their resources have the ability to develop
The term achievement gap indicates any significant discrepancy in academic performance or educational achievement between various groups of students white students and minorities. For instance, higher/lower income students, boys/girls and public/private schools. These achievement gaps can be measures by, test scores, GPA (Great Average Point), graduation and enrollment rate. This research will elaborate the meaning of achievement gap between genders. Males/females, boys/girls output will be measured
Organization concentrating resources and manpower into project that have an economic and organizational agenda must ensure that strong HRM practices exist within and between teams involved in projects (Armstrong and Armstrong, 2009). Several aspects of HRM come up with reference to the Omantel issue under discussion. They include organizational planning, team development, staff identification
Advising philosophies are as diverse as the college counselors who practice them and the students who experience them. Counselors who work in higher education typically draw on developmental theories when advising students. When applying theories in advising, it is imperative to understand that every student, and their situations, are unique and should be taken into consideration in the counseling session. Common theories that I believe I use when advising students, include, but are not limited to
explain port performance. The importance of factors influencing port performance, lack of previous research on comparative studies on factors influencing port performance between European and Asian ports, lack of studies on more informants engagement to avoid bias, lack of studies on quantifying and prioritising factors driving port performance, have resulted in knowledge gaps, which have motivated the research aim and objectives, stated