Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP ... care to people in need of comprehensive healthcare, NPs use caring theory in their everyday practice. The purpose of this paper is to describe ...

First-year nurses often have difficulties while bridging the gap between educational theory and required workplace practice.

The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) issued domains and competencies for every NP graduate that included emphasis on the nurse-patient relationship, use of healing ...

F irst-year nurses often have difficulties while bridging the gap between educational theory and required workplace practice.