Over the years, nursing research and practice have transformed remarkably owing to the emerging complexities of the healthcare systems, patient needs and healthcare practices (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017;Tobbell, 2018). Regarding research, nurses moved beyond merely using the quantitative methodology to combining qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (Munhall, 2012;Polit & Beck, 2017). Concerning practice, nurses have transitioned from the delivery of basic medical-based care to nursing theory-guided practice (NTGP), evidence-based practice (EBP), knowledge translation (KT), and transformative and emancipatory practice (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017;Stolley et al., 2000;Tobbell, 2018). The research and practice transformations are not limited to the domains of patient-related care and research, but also evident in research about nurses' roles and responsibilities, nursing education, leadership and management, policymaking, and social and cultural determinants of health and nursing care (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017).From ontological and epistemological perspectives, nurses have abandoned the notion of relying on worldviews that emphasize the