Tensions and contradictions in nurses’ perspectives of evidence-based practice

To explore nurses' understanding and interpretation of evidence-based practice (EBP).EBP has been welcomed into the nursing lexicon without a critical examination of its interpretation by practitioners. The literature suggests that there is a great deal of confusion and contradiction over the meaning and application of EBP. Although work has been conducted on how EBP might be implemented, the general issue of how nurses understand and use EBP is...