Knowledge, Behaviors, and Attitudes of Polish Nurses As Compared With Evidence-Based Practice in Relation to the Guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council.
Glob Adv Health Med 2019;
8:2164956119897566. [PMID:
32002311 PMCID:
PMC6964245 DOI:
10.1177/2164956119897566]
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Abstract
Background
The emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is taking on new importance as
the profession of nursing strives to meet the challenge of defining the
direction of health care, promoting optimal outcomes, and ensuring patient
safety. Therefore, Evidence-Based Practice has never been more important to
nursing than in the current health-care environment.
Objective
The study was designed to assess the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes of
nurses as compared with Evidence-Based Practice in relation to the
Guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council.
Methods
The study covered involved a total of 236 nurses who participated in a
cardiopulmonary resuscitation course over a period of 12 months. The nurses
who qualified for the study followed a complete study registration
procedure.
Results
The current findings show that the lowest score was achieved in the domain of
attitude toward selected Evidence-Based Practice aspects in professional
work. Detailed domain questions concerned nurses’ Evidence-Based Practice
and its limitations related to procedures, the lack of equipment and
personnel issues, as well as the lack of scientific evidence. Furthermore,
nurses saw clinical experience as being more valuable than research findings
for practical decision-making than research findings, and, according to the
respondents, they presented opinions that the best way to assess the
effectiveness of an action was through clinical experience. In addition, the
nurses gave low scores and tended to underestimate the critical literature
review aspect within the domain, along with its significance for the general
professional practice, believing that search for scientific evidence alone
does not apply into their professional work.
Conclusions
The validated Polish version of the Evidence-Based Practice profile
questionnaire is a reliable instrument. The study demonstrates that nurses
are facing a multitude of limitations due to procedures, the lack of
equipment, and personnel issues. Currently perceived as very poor, the
ability to make critical assessments and synthesize evidence should be
improved. According to the nurses, clinical experience cannot be the only
and the best way to assess the effectiveness of a given measure.
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