title: Editorial.
abstract: Developing an evidence or research-based culture in nursing is a complex issue. Hicks, in her paper 'Nurse researcher: a study of a contradiction in terms? '( 1 ), suggested: 'The qualities attributed to a good nurse are dissonant with those attributed to a good researcher and, in this way, the mutual incompatibility of each role's requirements may serve as an obstacle to the development of research with nursing.' In other words, good nurses do not make good researchers or vice versa.