Healthcare professionals' experience regarding competencies in specialized and primary stroke units: A qualitative study.

Aim: To describe healthcare professionals' experience of needed competence in patient stroke care within specialist and primary healthcare.

Background: Healthcare professionals who provide stroke care need multifaceted, multi-professional skills; ongoing training is important for competent stroke care.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study.

Evidence-based practices in Finland based on nurse professionals' descriptions.

Aim: Evidence-based practices (EBPs) seek to promote the implementation of interventions that are effective, appropriate, feasible and meaningful for patients. The current demand for updated EBPs in Finland is shaped by national legislation. This study's aim was to describe nurses', nurse directors' and clinical nurse specialists' (CNSs') perceptions of how well EBPs are being implemented in nursing in Finland.