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Nursing theory and practice: connecting the dots.

Marrs JA, Lowry LW

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.

The authors propose connecting the dots among theory, practice, and research by adopting an expanded conceptual-theoretical-empirical structure of nursing knowledge and matrix process to guide the placement of nursing knowledge in a contextual whole. An overview of the theoretical journey of nursing knowledge development is contrasted with the journey from practice resulting in a theory-practice disconnect. Both approaches are united to present an integrated view of the dimensions of the knowledge development of nursing as a professional discipline.

Published 12 January 2006 in Nurs Sci Q, 19(1): 44-50.
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