Bridging The Gap: Integrating Sociological Theory Into Nursing Education And Laboratory Training

Abstract

Background: Undoubtedly the theoretical knowledge of nursing support and focus on the practical training although the factors that help in applying this theoretical knowledge depend only on the practice environment. The theory-practice gap considered the largest universal problem facing the academic education of nursing.

Objective: This review provides some studies that focusing on integrating the nursing education as academic field and laboratory training.  

Methods: The literature was performed by searching on Google Scholar PubMed and different online Journals as well as qualitative observations of some nursing students.

Results:

The two main goals which are studied in this literature are raising the awareness of clinical training culture as well as improving and updating the curriculum information. Several proposals are obtained from the students for example decreasing the stress factors and louds on the clinical teachers, synchronizing between the academic information that obtained in their classes and labs beside what they are found in the clinical practicing. Add to this some students thought that they may have more benefit in case of getting their clinical practices in health institutions obtained by the college. Another suggestion providing that having the same academic teachers in the clinical practices. On the other hand many students declared that they prefer the block system rather than the integration system. Another suggestion provides decreasing the sheet work during lab training.

Discussion: This study highlighted in the discussion on universal problem facing the academic education of nursing and summarizes the findings of the literature review which provide solutions to solve and decrease the gap between the academic education of nursing and lab training which lead to graduating well professional nurses to labor market.