Nurses’ Perceptions and Barriers for Adoption of Evidence Based Practice in Primary Care: Bridging the Gap

Magda M. Mohsen^1, , Nahla Ashour Safaan¹ and Omayma M. Okby²

¹Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

²Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

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Magda M. Mohsen, Nahla Ashour Safaan and Omayma M. Okby. Nurses’ Perceptions and Barriers for Adoption of Evidence Based Practice in Primary Care: Bridging the Gap. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2016; 4(2):25-33. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-4-2-1

Abstract

Evidence Based Nursing is the process by which nurses make clinical decisions using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise and patient preferences. The aim of this study was to investigate nurse's perceptions and barriers to adopt evidence based practice in their Primary Care setting. Design: descriptive correlation design was used. Setting; this study was conducted in: 1) Maternal & Child Health Centers Governorate (2) Faculty of Nursing- Menoufia University. The sample (1) A convenience sample of 120 clinical nurse specialists who have a bachelor degree in nursing science and working in MCHC was selected. (2) A convenience sample of 80 academic faculty educators who finished their Master or/ Doctorate degree in nursing were selected. Tools; a structured questionnaire to collect Socio-demographic data such as: age, educational level and experiences. II. Nursing' Attitudes towards Evidence-Based Practice and Perceptions of its Related Barriers Questionnaire: It was developed by the researchers based on the current related literatures. This tool measures Nurses' perceptions and barriers for adoption of evidence-based practice. The results of this study; All nurses had a positive attitude toward EBP; the total mean score of nurses' was 7.38±1.73 having a maximum of 10 and minimum of 5. Two third of nurse' educator and clinical nurse specialists (73.8.0 % and 85.8 % respectively) reported that they had insufficient time at work place to search & read research articles. Conclusions: This study revealed a positive attitude among nurses toward EBP. But it was found that several barriers were hindering nurses from adopting EBP. Recommendations: to close the gap between research findings and nursing practice; A) Education and training are required on evidence-based nursing. B) Increase time availability to conduct online search C) Equipped the health facilities with new informatics infrastructure.

Keywords:
Nurses’ Perceptions- Barriers to Evidence Based Practice

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