Are Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews relevant resources for evidence-based nursing internationally?

摘要

Nursing is a diverse and challenging endeavor worldwide. While nurses make up the largest group of health care professionals within most of the world's health care systems, they face many constraints that interfere with their ability to provide professional services (Holmes et al., 2008). Nurses work within weakening health systems with limited infrastructures to support nursing education and development (WHO, 2007a,b; ICN, 2004, 2009), are discriminated against in their quest to advance their professional practice internationally (Thompson, 1987; Singh and Sochan, 2010) and are also experiencing a workforce crisis resulting from decreasing numbers of practitioners—both entering and staying within the profession worldwide (WHO, 2007a,b; WHO, 2008; Massey et al., 2009). Evidence-based practice enjoys considerable support within nursing, although we do recognize recent debate about its utility (Porter and O'Halloran, 2009). In light of the evolving complexity of nursing practice and the growing challenges faced by those working in the profession, we believe there is an ever-present need for good quality research, and the synthesis of research, to inform decision-making and best nursing practice internationally.