Generating evidence for best nursing practice: Getting your grooves

Grooves are developmental pathways along the journey to discover new directions in our ever-evolving nursing careers. This is my story of how I got my grooves in wound and foot care and the various pathways taken toward the attainment of groovy—the generation of evidence for best practice nursing. I started to work on my first groove in 1984 after I became a gerontological clinical nurse specialist. Much to my delight, that groove has taken various twists and turns, ups and downs, with an occasional rut here and there. The journey has been most pleasurable and rewarding!