Clinical education remains one of the vital areas that facilitate the determination of the significance of a student’s performance in clinical settings-such as clinical wards, patients, staff and nursing instructors (Dadgaran et al., 2012).Nonetheless, the theory-practice gap has been an issue of concern among nursing students in clinical learning. In...

Professional, peer-reviewed journal articles on topics such as scope of practice and clinical application of nursing theory are particularly valuable to nursing students, ancillary medicine students, and professionals in both fields. “Nurses’ Scope of Practice and the Implication for Quality Nursing Care” by Irene Lubbe and Lizeth Roets is one...

The medical field has limitless knowledge whereby acquisition of one level of medical skill spills over to another level of study. The need to pursue Doctor of Nursing Practice in healthcare was built after I acquired my first degree in medical field with a specialization in the oncology field. I...

Modern nursing practice is impacted by changes occurring throughout society across different domains, including but not limited to social, political, and economic influences. Therefore, flexibility and adaptability are necessary to demonstrate the importance of meeting the needs and expectations of nursing and healthcare practice across different areas. Nurses must continuously...

Missouri is currently facing a shortage of primary care physicians. According to the Missouri Foundation for Health (2011), Missouri had only 116 primary care physicians per 100,000 individuals, compared to 128 physicians per 100,000 for the United States overall. Coupled with this is the fact that approximately 40% of Missouri’s...