Write your thoughts on how (or how not) research contributes nursing practice. Research contributes to nursing practice in many ways. Research is used to discover and learn new skills and information; this will help us develop our knowledge. Research also contributes to nursing because nursing is always evolving, so this means that we will have to be doing lots of research from now on. It’s important for us to know how to navigate through our available resources because it will help us during our nursing career.