TY  - JOUR 
A1  - Martínez Linares, José Manuel
AU  - Martínez-Yébenes, Rocío
AU  - Andújar-Afán, Francisco Antonio
T1  - Assessment of nursing care and teaching: A qualitative approach
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/56600
AB  - Background: The reform of the Spanish higher education to adapt to the European Higher
Education Area involves, among other issues, the students’ participation in the curriculum assessment.
The aim is to understand the insights of both nursing professionals and current undergraduate
students of nursing on the connection between the knowledge acquired throughout the degree and the
professional healthcare practice. Methods: An exploratory, descriptive qualitative study was carried
out at a Spanish University. By convenience sampling, twelve nursing professionals and twelve
4th-year students of the Degree in Nursing were included. In two phases, twelve semi-structured
interviews and two focus groups were conducted in order to triangulate data. A thematic analysis of
data was carried out, later to be coded by two researchers. Results: Two main themes were identified:
Evidence-based nursing vs. experience-based nursing, and a theory-practice gap. The topics that
were specifically highlighted were the coexistence between professionals who work according to
evidence and those whose work is based on experience, and the lack of connection between the
training received during the degree and actual healthcare practice. Conclusion: Nursing care work
varies in terms of the implementation of evidence-based care. Nursing training is perceived as being
affected by a theory-practice gap. To achieve the linking between nursing theory and practice, a great
effort on stakeholders would be needed.
KW  - Evidence-based nursing
KW  - Nursing education research
KW  - Nursing staff
KW  - Nursing students
KW  - Qualitative research
KW  - Theory-practice gap
LA  - eng
PB  - MDPI
ER  -