The academic-practice gap: Strategies for an enduring problem

Nursing Forum

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 27-34

  Huston, C L ^a   Phillips, B ^b   Jeffries, P ^c   Todero, C ^d   Rich, J ^e   Knecht, P ^f   Sommer, S ^g   Lewis, M P ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Rasmussen College   (United States)

^f IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ATI Nursing Education   (United States)

^h SUNY Delhi   (United States)

Author keywords

academic practice gap; competency assessment; new graduate nurse; nursing education; Transition to Practice Programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPLOYER; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GAP; RESPONSIBILITY; SIMULATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GAPS; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041836748     PISSN: 00296473     EISSN: 17446198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12216     Document Type: Article

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