title: Nursing as a research-based profession: 22 years after Briggs.
abstract: This review examines the growth of nursing research in the UK over the past 22 years and questions nursing's claim to be a research-based profession, as the consensus of opinion is that research findings have generally failed to influence clinical practice.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: English
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom