describe nursing as a cycle of nursing research, practice, and theory.

Here is the question: Experts describe nursing as a cycle of nursing research, practice, and theory. Experts also propose that entry into this cycle can be made fro any point. Explain your agreement or disagreement with this statement.

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Personally, I disagree. I believe that nursing practice is based on the theories that are validated through research, and research validates and modifies theory.