“…and unwanted variations of healthcare services (McGinty & Anderson, 2008;Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Gallagher-Ford, & Kaplan, 2012;Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Stillwell, & Williamson, 2010;Melnyk et al, 2018b). However, integration of EBP into the daily practice of healthcare professionals has been challenging (Gifford, Davies, Edwards, Griffin, & Lybanon, 2007;Melnyk et al, 2018a;Wilkinson, Nutley, & Davies, 2011) due to multifaceted reasons, including insufficient EBP competencies and confusion and uncertainty about the type of EBP competencies healthcare professionals should meet and exactly how they should be measured. These challenges impede healthcare organizations from delivering highest-quality, evidence-based healthcare and attaining best patient outcomes.…”