Providing national draft on bridging education service gap in Iran

Theory-practice gap or education-service gap is one of the most important challenges and important issues in today's nursing care which is an important issue in Iran health care system. In this study we aimed at providing national draft on bridging the theory-practice gap of nursing care in Iran. We designed the study in three phases. In the first phase, a systematic review was done. In the second phase, a qualitative content analysis was conducted and in the last phase, we conducted a study using Delphi method. After analyzing the data, we prepared a draft with 12 documents in three structural, educational and clinical sections. After examining structural, educational and clinical components; this draft tried to provide an internalization strategy on nursing needs in Iran. Evidently, the draft belongs to specific period; hence, continuous updating of the draft is a significant key to its dynamics.