Novice to Expert Theory in Nursing Practice

THE NOVICE TO
EXPERT THEORYStudent ID-
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Date of Submission-19-11-18

Introduction
 Nursing practice has undergone tremendous evolution to obtain the achievements witnessed in the
21st century.
One key aspect of evolution is education whereby progression in knowledge acquisition improves care
practice.
There are various levels of educational advancement in nursing discipline.
 The Novice to Expert theory deciphers this concept

Objectives
■ Identify the stages of nursing practice skill acquisition
■ Describe the identified stages
■ Identify some of the assumptions of the theory
■ Application of the theory
■ Merits of the model

Levels of the theory
■ There are five levels of skill acquisition namely;
 Novice nurse
 Advanced beginner nurse
 Competent nurse
 Proficient nurse
 Expert nurse (Yazdani &Akbari-Farmad, 2016).