A Global Issue in Nursing Students’ Clinical Learning: The Theory–Practice Gap

Barriers of Palliative Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

“…According to Salsali et al, 28 ''Organizational culture gives a sense of what is valued and how things should be done within the organization (p. 431)''. Dadgaran et al, 29 indicated that Iranian clinical nurses, particularly newly graduate nurses, comprehended that workplace culture and norms compel them to give up their academic values and take on the technical values of the organization. There is a discrepancy between what Iranian nursing students are taught in academic setting and what they experience on clinical placement which is known as ''theory practice gap.''…”

“…There is a discrepancy between what Iranian nursing students are taught in academic setting and what they experience on clinical placement which is known as ''theory practice gap.'' 29 On the assumption that younger nurses are more newly graduated, younger nurses might felt more inappropriateness of the organization culture compared to older nurses.…”

Nurses' Evaluation of Their Use and Mastery in Health Assessment Skills: Selected Iran's Hospitals

“…Assessment of clinical skills is usually performed by nursing instructors (6). However, nurses and nurse students self-evaluation of their caring skills is stressed in recent years.…”

The relationship of clinical learning environment to nursing students' academic motivation

“…In a study by Peyrovi et al [30] which examined Iranian nursing students' experiences in clinical practice, it was stated that the students thought that going to a clinical site after receiving theoretical education was very effective in transferring theoretical information into practical knowledge, and that they thought that their experiences in the clinical setting would be beneficial to them in their future interactions and also outside of the work environment. However, for many years the theory practice gap has been a problem in nursing students' clinical education, as indicated by many studies [31][32][33], although nursing students indicate that they want to integrate theory and practice in the present study. Elcigil and Sarı [2] stated that students have said that they experience difficulty in transposing the theoretical knowledge they study in their courses to the clinical setting.…”