Qualitative evidence in evidence-based (nursing) practice

In this paper I will show the profound influence the evidence-based practice movement has on the use of qualitative research findings in health care, and in nursing in particular. I will argue that it has become difficult if not impossible to base practice on qualitative research within this way of thinking knowledge. Hence the qualitative research community needs to develop methods that will make a way for qualitative research into the evidence-based practice context. One method is meta-synthesis. Within nursing this method is just evolving, and there are many problems. I will like to focus on one of these problems, the question of quality in qualitative research, focusing on what could be possible in that area and finally I will make recommendations on how to move forward.