Post Nasal Drip (or PND). Mucus draining down the back of the throat over the back of the tongue where the bad breath bacteria live. They feed off the proteins in mucus and create strong odors. If you still have your tonsils, you may be harboring a higher number of the bacteria in the crevices of your tonsils.
Phenomena are identified from nursing practice. Nursing theories describe these phenomena or provide a framework to deal with these questions or problems. Nursing research is used to describe the phenomena or address the questions and problems. The results of nursing research are then applied to nursing practice.
1 Theory and practice are related. 2  To develop nursing as a profession the concept of theory must be addressed. 3  If nursing theory does not drive the development of nursing, it will continue to develop in the footsteps of other disciplines such as medicine.