There are many purposes of theory in nursing research. These include, but are not limited to; identifying meaningful and relevant areas for study, proposing plausible approaches to health problems, developing or refining theories, defining the concepts and proposed relationships between concepts, interpreting research findings, developing clinical practice protocols, and generating nursing diagnoses (Gale, Heath, Cameron, Rashid, & Redwood, 2013). The relationship between research and theory is undeniable, and it is important to recognize the impact of this relationship on the development of nursing knowledge. So interface theory and research by generating theories, testing the theories and by using it as a conceptual framework that drives the
There are many purposes of theory in nursing research. These include, but are not limited to; identifying meaningful and relevant areas for study, proposing plausible approaches to health problems, developing or refining theories, defining the concepts and proposed relationships between concepts, interpreting research findings, developing clinical practice protocols, and generating nursing diagnoses (Gale, Heath, Cameron, Rashid, & Redwood, 2013). The relationship between research and theory is undeniable, and it is important to recognize the impact of this relationship on the development of nursing knowledge. So interface theory and research by generating theories, testing the theories and by using it as a conceptual framework that drives the