The provision of safe and effective healthcare is underpinned by evidence-based practice. The importance of the continual application of evidence-based findings to practice is fundamental in achieving this goal. It is evident in the articles presented in this volume of the School of Nursing Online Journal that students utilised evidence from research and applied these findings to nursing practice in a variety of different healthcare environments.
The health sector is challenged by patients that are older, with increasing co-morbidities, shorter hospital stays, whilst accommodating nursing shortages and skill mix complexities as never before. Increasingly complex technological, consumer orientated, and litiginous environments demand that nurses are equipped to deal with these challenges. A patient centred, but nonetheless evidence-based practice approach to health care delivery is essential (Muir Grey, 1997),…
