From the Guest Editors

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We must move from examining our world in terms of either/or to examining multiple dimensions simultaneously.

-Maxine Greene

CHRISTINE D. MILBRATH: INTEGRATING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE

For years, people who care about nursing have questioned how to best prepare nurses to enter the practice, how to facilitate role transition (whether among new nurses or those making changes well into a career), and how to integrate education and practice. These and similar questions approach nursing education and nursing practice as separate and o.. en distinct arenas rather than as integral, intertwined components of a complex profession. As a knowledge-based profession, continually …