%0 Journal Article %T Evidence %A Nan Russell Yancey %J Nursing Science Quarterly %@ 1552-7409 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0894318418807929 %X Although nurses across generations have called for nursing practice to be informed by the best evidence available in the moment, evidence-based practice has gained prominence across healthcare since release of the 2001 Institute of Medicine¡¯s report Crossing the Quality Chasm. Recent nursing literature is replete with calls for evidence-based practice to be the foundation for nursing practice and incorporated in nursing education across levels. However, it is essential to clarify what is evidence-based practice in nursing in order to address concerns for what should be the evidence for nursing practice and teaching-learning in nursing. In exploring the questions ¡°Is it evidence?¡± and ¡°Is it nursing?¡± recommendations and challenges are provided to nurse leaders in administration and education for assuring appropriate evidence is used to guide the teaching-learning and practice of nursing %K evidence-based practice %K nursing %K teaching-learning %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0894318418807929