Evidence‐Based Practice in Australia: An Unremitting Challenge for Quality!

Research use in clinical practice – extent and patterns among nurses one and three years postgraduation

“…2007). Internationally, there is a strong desire for evidence‐based nursing, including research‐based nursing practice (Bucknall 2004, Estabrooks 2004, Kitson 2004, McInerney 2004, Stetler 2004, Thompson 2004, Wallin & Ehrenberg 2004). To meet this call, learning to critically appraise and use research evidence has developed into an important educational objective within nursing education.…”

Evidence‐Based Nursing in Asia: Enter the Tiger

“…The roots of evidence-based nursing have been traced elsewhere (Estabrooks 2004). Regional commentaries on the state of evidence-based nursing in Australia (Bucknall 2004), Canada (Estabrooks 2004), the UK and Europe (Kitson 2004), and the United States (Stetler 2004), whilst showing contrasts and similarities, paint a fairly up-beat picture.…”

Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: 10 Years of Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing

“…In the first issues of Worldviews , we took a tour around regions of the world asking some eminent scholars from those areas the question “what is the state of the art and science of evidence‐based nursing.” Their commentaries painted a varied picture, but raised some common issues about the use and attention to theory, a need for greater multidisciplinarity, a call for a better understanding of the effects of interventions and their varied impacts on behavior, patient care and service delivery, and a request for methodological development (e.g., Bucknall ; Estabrooks ; Stetler ). How far have we come?…”