Assessment of an intervention for the diffusion of evidence-based nursing in a teaching hospital

To evaluate an intervention for the diffusion of evidence-based practice among the nurse leaders of a public teaching hospital.

This is a descriptive-quantitative study based on the evaluation of workshops at a teaching hospital in the Triângulo Mineiro region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2016, conducted from the conceptual perspective of "Diffusion of Innovation and Skills for the Use of Evidence-Based Nursing in Care Settings". We applied an Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire and analysed the individual evaluations of each participant according to the frequency of cores of meaning and the calculation of content validity index.

Ninety percent of the nurse leaders agreed to participate in the evaluation. The leaders had a positive attitude toward incorporating evidence into practice (average = 5.4; SD = ±1.3). Their main difficulty was the ability to understand research (average = 3.5; SD = ±1.3). Motivational aspects related to intervention had the highest content validity index (CVI = 0.9).

The workshops encouraged the diffusion of information regarding the need to incorporate scientific evidences to better qualify the care provided by nurse leaders in the public teaching hospital.