Nursing managers' perspectives on facilitators of and barriers to evidence‐based practice: A cross‐sectional study

Abstract

AimThis study aimed to determine the facilitators and barriers to evidence‐based practice (EBP) from the perspective of Iranian nursing managers.DesignCross‐sectional study.MethodsData were collected from 335 top nursing managers of Iran. The research instruments included three electronic questionnaires for demographics, facilitators and barriers of evidence‐based practice. Descriptive statistics and appropriate analysis tests were used to clarify the strength of relationships between the factors.ResultsA total of 277 nursing managers participated in the study (response rate of 82%). Iranian nursing managers believed that organizational factors were the most important domain for both facilitators (34.7 ± 9.2) and barriers (28.37 ± 6.2) to EBP. Regarding the Perspectives of nursing managers on Necessity and Extent of EBP implementation, 79.8% (n = 221) considered EBP to be essential, while 45.8% (n = 127) regarded its implementation as moderate.