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Limitations of the study

Theory and practice gap in teaching nursing students and associated factors at teaching institutions: Mixed study

Samuel Abate Walda, Abebe Dechasa, Meseret Robi Tura, and Keneni Dina · 2026

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Section 10 of 16

  1. 01Introduction
  2. 02Rationale for the study
  3. 03Objectives of the study
  4. 04Materials and Methods
  5. 05Results
  6. 06Implications for curriculum development, faculty training, and clinical integration strategies to bridge the theory–practice gap
  7. 07Discussion
  8. 08Institutional and instructor-related factors
  9. 09Qualitative insights: emotional and ethical challenges in clinical teaching
  10. 10Limitations of the study
  11. 11Conclusion and recommendation
  12. 12Ethical approval
  13. 13Authors contributions
  14. 14Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process
  15. 15Source of funding
  16. 16Conflict of interest
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Section 10 of 16

Limitations of the study

Samuel Abate Walda, Abebe Dechasa, Meseret Robi Tura, and Keneni Dina · about 1 minutes

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This study did not involve observations of teaching theory and practice.

Researcher bias: data collection and interpretation relied heavily on the researcher's perspectives, which may have influenced how responses were probed, coded, and interpreted.

Subjectivity of data: the responses of participants were shaped by their personal feelings, experiences, and context, which may have made the findings less “objective.”

Bias due to exclusion of certain groups: instructors who did not deliver major courses may have been intentionally excluded.