EBN: How Far Have We Come

While I was in Australia at the Joanna Briggs evidence-based practice convention I had the honor to hear Donna Ciliska from the School of Nursing at McMaster University in Canada. The topic she covered was the state of the science of evidence-based nursing. Her talk was published in this month's issue of Evidence-based Nursing.

This is the abstract for the paper:
"This paper provides an opportunity to reflect on evidence-based nursing. Where have we been? How far we have come? What are the current issues, and where are we going in terms of incorporating high quality evidence into clinical, education, management, and policy decisions? Is evidence-based nursing a passing fad, or does it contribute to quality, efficient health care? "

To read the whole article:
Ciliska D. (2006) Evidence-based nursing: how far have we come? What's next? Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 38-40 http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/38?etoc