Evidence based practice beliefs and implementation among nurses: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC nursing 2014-03, Vol.13 (1), p.8-8, Article 8
• Main Authors: Stokke, Kjersti, Olsen, Nina R, Espehaug, Birgitte, Nortvedt, Monica W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Education; Evidence-based nursing; Hospitals; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing education; Studies
• ISSN: 1472-6955; 1472-6955
• DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-8

Having a positive attitude towards evidence-based practice and being able to see the value of evidence-based practice for patients have been reported as important for the implementation of evidence-based practice among nurses.The aim of this study was to map self-reported beliefs towards EBP and EBP implementation among nurses, and to investigate whether there was a positive correlation between EBP beliefs and EBP implementation. We carried out a cross-sectional study among 356 nurses at a specialist hospital for the treatment of cancer in Norway. The Norwegian translations of the Evidence-based Practice Belief Scale and the Evidence-based Practice Implementation Scale were used. In total, 185 nurses participated in the study (response rate 52%). The results showed that nurses were positive towards evidence-based practice, but only practised it to a small extent. There was a positive correlation (r) between beliefs towards evidence-based practice and implementation of evidence-based practice (r = 0.59, p = 0.001).There was a statistical significant positive, but moderate correlation between all the four subscales of the EBP Beliefs Scale (beliefs related to: 1) knowledge, 2) resources, 3) the value of EBP and 4) difficulty and time) and the EBP Implementation Scale, with the highest correlation observed for beliefs related to knowledge (r = 0.38, p