The state of nursing and evidence-based practice

摘要

Nursing has never been more pivotal to the health and prosperity of low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. Thus, it was only right that The Lancet recognised International Nurses Day in its May 12 Editorial.1 As editors (IN and RW) of the world's highest impact and most cited nursing journals, and as active researchers, we agree: nursing must do better at reducing gaps between evidence and practice. However, the Editorial was wrong about the state of evidence-based practice in nursing, and damaging in its representation of nurses.