Registered Nurses’ Self-Assessed Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and Research

Abstract

By 2020, most clinical decisions should be supported by best evidence. Therefore, nurses need institutional support and education about evidence-based practice (EBP) and research. The aim of this study was to describe nurses’ self-assessed knowledge of EBP and research. Findings revealed nurses’ knowledge of EBP and research ranged from no knowledge to high knowledge with opportunities for education. Providing for the use of best evidence is a dynamic process involving clinicians, educators, and administrators.

Factors related to the knowledge and skills of evidence‐based practice among nurses worldwide: A scoping review

“…The year with the highest number of articles published was 2017 and 2020. Additionally, of the 47 selected articles, 13 were conducted in the United States (Adams, 2009; Brown et al, 2009; Brown et al, 2010; Crable et al, 2021; Hagedorn Wonder et al, 2017; Melnyk et al, 2004, 2018, 2021; Nickles et al, 2019; Phillips, 2015; Thiel & Ghosh, 2008; White‐Williams et al, 2013; Williamson et al, 2015), four were conducted in Saudi Arabia (Alqahtani et al, 2020; Ez elarab et al, 2012; Hasheesh & Aburuz, 2017; Salem et al, 2009), three were conducted in China (Chen et al, 2020; Wang et al, 2021; Zhou et al, 2016), three were conducted in Iran (Azmoude et al, 2017; Seyyedrasooli et al, 2012; Shafiei et al, 2014), two each were conducted in Jordan (Aburuz et al, 2017; Salah & Abu‐Moghli, 2020), Taiwan (Hsieh et al, 2018; Weng et al, 2015), South Korea (Shin & Lee, 2017; Yoo et al, 2019), and Slovenia (Skela‐Savič et al, 2016; Skela‐Savič et al, 2017), and one each were conducted in Palestine (Abuejheisheh et al, 2020), Oman (Ammouri et al, 2014), Qatar (Carlone & Igbirieh, 2014), Japan (Tomotaki et al, 2020), Australia (Fairbrother et al, 2016), New Zealand (Prior et al, 2010), Canada (Baird & Miller, 2015), Finland (Koota et al, 2020), Portugal (Teixeira et al, 2020), Greece (Patelarou et al, 2017), Spain (Pérez‐Campos et al, 2014), Italy (Filippini et al, 2011), United Kingdom (Gerrish et al, 2008), Iceland (Thorsteinsson, 2013), Norway (Dalheim et al, 2012), and Poland (Belowska et al, 2018).…”

Instruments for assessing healthcare professionals' knowledge and skills of evidence‐based practice: A scoping review

“…A total of 39 studies met the inclusion criteria. By design of the selected studies, 35 were cross‐sectional studies (Al‐Busaidi et al, 2019; Alqahtani et al, 2020; Alshehri et al, 2017; Ammouri et al, 2014; Azmoude et al, 2017; Bajracharya et al, 2019; Belowska et al, 2020; Brown et al, 2009; Claudino et al, 2019; Dao et al, 2018; Filippini et al, 2011; Fu et al, 2020; Ginex et al, 2021; Heydari et al, 2014; Jette et al, 2003; Koehn & Lehman, 2008; Lunden et al, 2021; Majid et al, 2011; Maydick‐Youngberg et al, 2021; McCluskey, 2003; Melnyk et al, 2018, 2020; Nickles et al, 2019; Patelarou et al, 2017; Pérez‐Campos et al, 2014; Ramírez‐Vélez et al, 2015; Ramos‐Morcillo et al, 2021; Salah & Abu‐Moghli, 2020; Seyyedrasooli et al, 2012; Shafiei et al, 2014; Silva et al, 2015; White‐Williams et al, 2013; Wonder et al, 2017; Yue et al, 2018; Zhou et al, 2016), two were descriptive studies (Schneider et al, 2020; Williamson et al, 2015), one RCT (Koota et al, 2021) and one mixed methods study (Schuler et al, 2021).…”

“…The studies were conducted in 17 countries: 12 in the USA (Brown et al, 2009; Ginex et al, 2021; Jette et al, 2003; Koehn & Lehman, 2008; Maydick‐Youngberg et al, 2021; Melnyk et al, 2018, 2020; Nickles et al, 2019; Schuler et al, 2021; White‐Williams et al, 2013; Williamson et al, 2015; Wonder et al, 2017), four in Iran (Azmoude et al, 2017; Heydari et al, 2014; Seyyedrasooli et al, 2012; Shafiei et al, 2014), three in Brazil (Claudino et al, 2019; Schneider et al, 2020; Silva et al, 2015) and China (Fu et al, 2020; Yue et al, 2018; Zhou et al, 2016), two each in Oman (Al‐Busaidi et al, 2019; Ammouri et al, 2014), Saudi Arabia (Alqahtani et al, 2020; Alshehri et al, 2017), Finland (Koota et al, 2021; Lunden et al, 2021) and Spain (Pérez‐Campos et al, 2014; Ramos‐Morcillo et al, 2021), one each in Nepal (Bajracharya et al, 2019), Poland (Belowska et al, 2020), Vietnam (Dao et al, 2018), Italy (Filippini et al, 2011), Singapore (Majid et al, 2011), Greece (Patelarou et al, 2017), Colombia (Ramírez‐Vélez et al, 2015), Jordania (Salah & Abu‐Moghli, 2020) and Australia (McCluskey, 2003).…”

Medical‐surgical nurses' EBP beliefs and competencies

“…Some of the barriers include lack of EBP knowledge and skills; lack of education about data collection and research methods; cultures steeped in tradition; misperceptions or negative attitudes about the application of research and evidence‐based care; lack of time and resources to search for and critically appraise evidence; as well as organizational constraints, such as lack of administrative support or incentives to search for and apply evidence, and lack of EBP mentors or nurse managers’ support (Duncombe, 2018; Melnyk & Fineout‐Overholt, 2019; Melnyk et al, 2012; Shayan et al, 2019). Although nurses highly value EBP to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes, a major barrier to implementing and maintaining a culture of EBP is the lack of EBP competence (Albarqouni et al, 2018; Gradone & Staffileno, 2019; Nickles et al, 2019; Saunders et al, 2019; Yoder et al, 2014). For example, in a recent national study, Melnyk et al (2018) surveyed 2,344 nurses employed by 19 hospitals and healthcare systems across the United States to describe their self‐reported EBP competencies.…”