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Barriers to evidence-based nursing: a focus group study.

Karin Hannes¹, Jo Vandersmissen, Liesbeth De Blaeser

¹Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Belgian Branch of the Cochrane Collaboration, Leuven, Belgium. Karin.hannes@med.kuleuven.be

Journal of Advanced Nursing

|September 20, 2007

Summary

Barriers to evidence-based nursing in Belgium include a lack of responsibility and a potential "two-tier" system due to differing education levels. Addressing these barriers can improve nursing practice.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Research
Healthcare Management

Background:

Previous studies on evidence-based nursing barriers often used quantitative methods.
Commonly reported barriers include time, resources, authority, support, motivation, and resistance to change.
Relationships between these barriers are rarely explored.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the barriers to evidence-based nursing (EBN) specifically among Flemish (Belgian) nurses.
To identify unique barriers within the Belgian healthcare context.
To develop a model illustrating the relationships between identified barriers.

Main Methods:

Grounded theory approach utilizing five focus groups.
Purposeful sampling of 53 nurses across diverse settings in Belgium.
Development of a problem tree to map interconnections between emergent themes.

Main Results:

Findings largely aligned with international reports on EBN barriers.
Unique barriers identified include a perceived lack of responsibility for EBN uptake.
Nurses' "guest" status in patient care and a potential "two-tier" nursing practice due to educational disparities were highlighted.

Conclusions:

The developed problem tree, though context-specific to Flanders, offers a foundational model for EBN barrier research in other healthcare systems.
It serves as a practical tool for guiding change management processes.
The model facilitates the development of targeted strategies to overcome obstacles to EBN implementation.