This paper aims to reflect on the nursing research challenges in relation to the gap between theory and practice. An overview of nursing publications shows that nursing research has been developed primarily by the nursing faculties and students of graduate programs. Those studies, however, have produced theoretic knowledge without important impact on the nursing practice. Therefore, the untried transference of the theoretic knowledge to nursing practice brings conflicts that require research projects focused on technologies, strategies and protocols for a proper application of the theoretic knowledge in nursing practice. This decision of applicability of theoretic knowledge means that such projects require also inclusion of the practice knowledge.
Nursing Research; Knowledge; Professional Practice
