Background and Purpose: A theoretical perspective allows the nurse to plan and implement care purposefully and proactively. In today’s scenario learning and applying nursing theories shouldn't be limited to the classroom but it should be in daily practice. It is observed that there is a gap between theoretical knowledge as taught in the classroom and what the students experience in clinical settings. So, it is found that that even though nursing theory is an integral part of nursing education and practice, nursing students are not able to apply nursing theories in the clinicals. So this study was conducted to assess the barriers for implementing nursing theory based practices in the clinicals among nursing students. Methods: This study adopted quantitative research approach with a cross-sectional research design. Data were collected using Demographic profile and Likert Scale from total of 218 Nursing Students by convenient sampling technique. Results: portrayed that 79.4% of the participants felt moderate and 8.7% felt more barrier for implementing nursing theory-based practices in the clinicals. It also depicted that comparison of barrier in regards to knowledge vs personal interest shows highly significant (p= .000*), personal interest vs role of Institution shows highly significant (p= .000*). Implications for Practice: the results of this study confirmed that majority participants felt moderate and few felt more barrier related to implementing nursing theory based practices in the clinicals. So nurse educators can play an important role in motivating students, Institution can make policies to implement nursing theory in the clinicals by nursing teachers.

Keywords: Barrier; Nursing theory; Nursing practice; Rursing students; Knowledge, Personal interest; Role of institution