| 1 | Issues of validity and reliability in qualitative research | Evidence-based Nursing | 2015 | 940 |
| 2 | Validity and reliability in quantitative studies | Evidence-based Nursing | 2015 | 698 |
| 3 | Understanding triangulation in research | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 290 |
| 4 | Bias in research | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 185 |
| 5 | Evaluation of qualitative research studies | Evidence-based Nursing | 2003 | 178 |
| 6 | What is grounded theory? | Evidence-based Nursing | 2016 | 175 |
| 7 | Nurses, information use, and clinical decision making--the real world potential for evidence-based decisions in nursing | Evidence-based Nursing | 2004 | 142 |
| 8 | The paths from research to improved health outcomes | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 126 |
| 9 | Evaluation and adaptation of clinical practice guidelines | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 115 |
| 10 | Of studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems: the "5S" evolution of information services for evidence-based healthcare decisions | Evidence-based Nursing | 2007 | 88 |
| 11 | Service evaluation, audit and research: what is the difference? | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 76 |
| 12 | Qualitative data analysis: a practical example | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 56 |
| 13 | Selecting the sample | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 47 |
| 14 | Evidence-based nursing: how far have we come? What's next? | Evidence-based Nursing | 2006 | 39 |
| 15 | What is a qualitative synthesis? | Evidence-based Nursing | 2012 | 39 |
| 16 | What is meta-analysis? | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 35 |
| 17 | Of studies, summaries, synopses, and systems: the "4S" evolution of services for finding current best evidence | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 34 |
| 18 | The synthesis of qualitative research and evidence-based nursing | Evidence-based Nursing | 2007 | 32 |
| 19 | Blinding: an essential component in decreasing risk of bias in experimental designs | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 26 |
| 20 | US Medicare data show incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is 4.5%, and they are associated with longer hospital stay and higher risk of death | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 22 |
| 21 | Helping practitioners understand the contribution of qualitative research to evidence-based practice | Evidence-based Nursing | 2006 | 20 |
| 22 | Reviewing the literature | Evidence-based Nursing | 2016 | 19 |
| 23 | The GATE frame: critical appraisal with pictures | Evidence-based Nursing | 2006 | 18 |
| 24 | Interactive continuing education workshops or conferences can improve professional practice and patient outcomes | Evidence-based Nursing | 2002 | 12 |
| 25 | Review: nurse practitioner primary care improves patient satisfaction and quality of care with no difference in health outcomes | Evidence-based Nursing | 2002 | 12 |
| 26 | Building a foundation for evidence-based practice: experiences in a tertiary hospital | Evidence-based Nursing | 2003 | 12 |
| 27 | Increasing research use in nursing: implications for clinical educators and managers | Evidence-based Nursing | 2008 | 12 |
| 28 | Mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions increase long-term quit rates compared with control programmes, but effects of the interventions are heterogeneous | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 12 |
| 29 | Music intervention in the intensive care unit: a complementary therapy to improve patient outcomes | Evidence-based Nursing | 2004 | 11 |
| 30 | The emerging role of PDAs in information use and clinical decision making | Evidence-based Nursing | 2009 | 11 |
| 31 | Even with regular use of an observational scale to assess pain among nursing home residents with dementia, pain-relieving interventions are not frequently used | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 11 |
| 32 | Frailty significantly increases the risk of fractures among middle-aged and older people | Evidence-based Nursing | 2017 | 11 |
| 33 | Yoga intervention may improve health-related quality of life (HRQL), fatigue, depression, anxiety and sleep in patients with breast cancer | Evidence-based Nursing | 2018 | 11 |
| 34 | A school based, interdisciplinary curriculum in grades 6 and 7 reduced obesity in girls | Evidence-based Nursing | 2000 | 10 |
| 35 | Implementing evidence-based guidelines for nutrition support in acute stroke | Evidence-based Nursing | 2003 | 10 |
| 36 | Maintenance and symptom relief with budesonide plus formoterol reduced severe asthma exacerbations | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 10 |
| 37 | Evidence-based quality improvement project for determining appropriate discontinuation of peripheral intravenous cannulas | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 10 |
| 38 | The expert patient | Evidence-based Nursing | 2016 | 10 |
| 39 | Mothers of infants in neonatal nurseries had challenges in establishing feelings of being a good mother | Evidence-based Nursing | 2002 | 9 |
| 40 | Excess maternal weight gain during pregnancy is associated with overweight/obesity in offspring at age 16 years, but maternal pre-pregnancy obesity has a greater effect | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 9 |
| 41 | Community-based non-pharmacological interventions delivered by family caregivers reduce behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 9 |
| 42 | Using a FOCUS-PDCA quality improvement model for applying the severe traumatic brain injury guidelines to practice: process and outcomes | Evidence-based Nursing | 2003 | 8 |
| 43 | Review: self management education improves outcomes in children and adolescents with asthma | Evidence-based Nursing | 2003 | 8 |
| 44 | An educational-behavioural intervention for parents of preterm infants reduced parental stress in the NICU and infant length of stay | Evidence-based Nursing | 2007 | 8 |
| 45 | Compression improves healing of venous leg ulcers compared with no compression, with differences between different compression systems | Evidence-based Nursing | 2013 | 8 |
| 46 | Pregnant women screening positive for depressive symptoms at 24–28 weeks may have increased risk of preterm birth but more precise research is needed | Evidence-based Nursing | 2014 | 8 |
| 47 | Community-dwelling older adults with balance impairment show a moderate increase in fall risk, although further research is required to refine how balance measurement can be used in clinical practice | Evidence-based Nursing | 2010 | 8 |
| 48 | Adults with disabilities who reported excellent or good quality of life had established a balance of body, mind, and spirit | Evidence-based Nursing | 2000 | 7 |
| 49 | Evaluation of studies of prognosis | Evidence-based Nursing | 2004 | 7 |
| 50 | bmjupdates+, a new FREE service for evidence-based clinical practice | Evidence-based Nursing | 2005 | 7 |