Evidence-Based Practice Education for Better Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Nurses and Midwives

Hines, Sonia RN, Cert IV TAE, BN, GradDipEd, MAppSci
Kynoch, Kathryn RN, Cert IV TAE, BN, MN, PhD
Munday, Judy RN, DipEd, BA, PhD
McArdle, Annie RN, RM, CHN, MAdvPrac

Ms. Hines is Nurse Researcher, Dr. Kynoch is Director, and Ms. McArdle is Research Nurse and Midwife, Evidence in Practice Unit, Mater Misericordiae Limited and Queensland Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwifery: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence; and Dr. Munday is Lecturer, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.

The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Address correspondence to Sonia Hines, RN, Cert IV TAE, BN, GradDipEd, MAppSci, Nurse Researcher, Evidence in Practice Unit, Mater Misericordiae Limited and Queensland Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwifery: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia; e-mail: [email protected].

Received January 13, 2017

Accepted March 02, 2017

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 48(6):p 256-262, June 01, 2017. | DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20170517-05

Background:

Evidence-based practice (EBP) education is important to overcome barriers to evidence use in practice.

Method:

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the EBP knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of RNs and midwives who had participated in an EBP workshop and compared their results with those of nonparticipants.

Results:

A total of 198 nurses and midwives responded to the survey, 91 who had received EBP education and 107 who had not. There was a significant difference in terms of mean total KAP score which was significantly higher in the education group, indicating greater KAP in those respondents than those who had not received education (p = .004).

Conclusion:

This study has shown that participation in a single day of EBP education covering the basic steps of EBP results in nurses who have more positive attitudes, and greater knowledge and practice abilities in EBP than those who had not participated.

J Contin Educ Nurs. 2017;48(6):256–262.