The theory-practice relationship in nursing: The practitioners' perspective

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-82

  Fealy, Gerard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Lucan Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Nursing; Phenomenology; Practice; Practitioner; Theorizing; Theory practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0033158776     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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