Objective To investigate the current status of nursing practice and management of enteral nutrition in stroke patients, and to provide reference for promoting translation of evidence into the clinical practice. Methods A questionnaire was designed based on the "Chinese Stroke Enteral Nutrition Nursing Guide", then a convenient sample of 961 clinical nurses working in stroke units from 23 tertiary hospitals in China was surveyed. Results Ten (43.5%) hospitals established multidisciplinary teams for stroke enteral nutrition management, and only 22.0 percent of nurses reported that the department had relevant standards or regulations for stroke enteral nutrition support.Nearly 88.0 percent of nurses reported that the department provided screening for nutritional risk and dysphagia in stroke patients and nurses acted as the main implementer, but even so the screening tools used in nursing practice were not consistent with evidence recommendations.More than half of nurses convinced that they warmed the nutrient solutions in nutrition support by mainly using the intravenous infusion fluid tube warmer for local heating (50.6%).Almost 75 percent of nurses routinely measured residual gastric volume (74.4%), with predominant use of syringe aspiration technique (97.8%). Conclusion There are evidence-to-practice gaps in enteral nutrition for stroke patients.Recommendations for closing the gap include:greater attention of managers to this issue, further identification of barriers and facilitators, and redesign of targeted interventions.