ABSTRACT
The knowledge base to guide nursing practice and healthcare has expanded dramatically in the past two decades in a number of regions of the world. As a critical mass of doctorally prepared nurses has built major research programmes focused on priority nursing and health problems in their countries, substantiated bodies of knowledge are evolving that enhance the quality of life for multiple populations and improve the healthcare provided to the public. This expansion of knowledge has been facilitated in a number of countries by nurse scientists’ access to growing resources for conducting research. For example, Canadian nurse scholars are now highly successful competitors for federal research monies within most of the government’s funding agencies for health and cancer research. In the Canadian health services research arena, there are targeted federal monies for nursing studies.
