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Nurses' perceived knowledge, beliefs, skills, and needs regarding evidence-based practice: implications for
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk1, Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Nancy Fischbeck Feinstein
1Center for Research & Evidence-Based Practice, University of Rochester School of Nursing, NY 14642, USA. Bernadette_Melnyk@urmc.rochester.edu
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
|December 14, 2006
Summary
Nurses
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Healthcare Research
Background:
- The adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) in US nursing has been slow.
- Key variables influencing nurses' engagement in EBP require further identification.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe nurses' knowledge, beliefs, skills, and needs concerning EBP.
- To examine relationships between these variables and EBP engagement.
- To identify major barriers and facilitators to EBP implementation.
Main Methods:
- A descriptive survey design was employed.
- The study included 160 nurses attending EBP conferences/workshops in the Eastern US.
- Data were collected from a convenience sample.
Main Results:
- Nurses reported high beliefs in EBP benefits but low knowledge.
- Significant correlations were found between EBP engagement and knowledge, beliefs, having a mentor, and using specific databases (Cochrane, NGC).
Conclusions:
- Interventions should enhance both EBP knowledge and beliefs among nurses.
- EBP mentors are crucial for accelerating the shift to evidence-based nursing.
- Further research, including RCTs, is needed to test EBP interventions.
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