“…Nursing researchers have questioned the conventional hierarchy of evidence, where randomized controlled clinical trials and objective empirical evidence reign supreme (Rycroft-Malone et al, 2004;Thorne, Stephens, & Truant, 2016). In evidence-based nursing practice, scholars question the ontology of evidence, calling for integration of multiple sources of knowledge, including knowledge derived from clinical experience, patients and families and diverse contexts and environments (Clark, Draper, & Taylor, 2018;Durepos, Orr, Ploeg, & Kaasalainen, 2018;Rycroft-Malone et al, 2004;Thorne, 2018). As an applied science, nursing knowledge is both theoretical and contextual (Thorne et al, 2016).…”