Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey.
To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential to the improvement of patient outcomes and the quality of care. Nurses' use of evidence in practice, however, remains limited. Assess...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/317346 2023-05-15T16:52:47+02:00 Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. Thorsteinsson, Hrund S Univ Hosp, Dept Nursing Profess Practice Dev, Fossvogur, Iceland Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014-05-23 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/317346 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x en eng Wiley-Blackwell http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x/pdf Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2013, 10(2):116-26 1741-6787 22765261 doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x http://hdl.handle.net/2336/317346 Worldviews on evidence-based nursing / Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing Archived with thanks to Worldviews on evidence-based nursing / Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing National Consortium - Landsaðgangur Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Cross-Sectional Studies Evidence-Based Nursing Female Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Humans Iceland Male Middle Aged Nursing Staff Hospital Population Surveillance Questionnaires Random Allocation Article 2014 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x 2022-05-29T08:21:56Z To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential to the improvement of patient outcomes and the quality of care. Nurses' use of evidence in practice, however, remains limited. Assessing nurses' readiness for EBP where it is not as prominent as in countries leading EBP research was of particular interest. To determine Icelandic registered nurses' (RNs') ability to provide care based on evidence as measured by their beliefs, perception of skills, and access to resources associated with EBP. A descriptive survey was used in which a random sample of 540 Icelandic RNs completed the translated and modified version of the Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and the translated EBP Beliefs Scale. Descriptive statistics, correlations, chi-square tests, t tests and one-way ANOVAs were used to analyze the data. Participants strongly believed in the value of EBP for patient care, but were less confident regarding their own knowledge and skills needed for EBP. Most (82%) of the respondents (i.e., RNs) turned to peers when in need of information, rather than peer-reviewed resources. Although over half of the RNs (54%) had received instructions in the use of electronic databases, only a third indicated success in using them. They considered "lack of search skills" as the primary barrier to use of research in practice. Using research findings in practice was associated with positive EBP beliefs, familiarity with EBP and other EBP-related activities. Clinical RNs were found to be at a disadvantage when it came to access to EBP-related resources and participated less frequently in EBP-related activities other than using research in practice. Icelandic RNs' beliefs regarding EBP are similar to those of RNs in other countries. Their access to EBP resources is generally good, but they lack the skills and knowledge needed for EBP. Strategies aimed at changing the organizational and practice context ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 10 2 116 126 |
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To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential to the improvement of patient outcomes and the quality of care. Nurses' use of evidence in practice, however, remains limited. Assessing nurses' readiness for EBP where it is not as prominent as in countries leading EBP research was of particular interest. To determine Icelandic registered nurses' (RNs') ability to provide care based on evidence as measured by their beliefs, perception of skills, and access to resources associated with EBP. A descriptive survey was used in which a random sample of 540 Icelandic RNs completed the translated and modified version of the Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and the translated EBP Beliefs Scale. Descriptive statistics, correlations, chi-square tests, t tests and one-way ANOVAs were used to analyze the data. Participants strongly believed in the value of EBP for patient care, but were less confident regarding their own knowledge and skills needed for EBP. Most (82%) of the respondents (i.e., RNs) turned to peers when in need of information, rather than peer-reviewed resources. Although over half of the RNs (54%) had received instructions in the use of electronic databases, only a third indicated success in using them. They considered "lack of search skills" as the primary barrier to use of research in practice. Using research findings in practice was associated with positive EBP beliefs, familiarity with EBP and other EBP-related activities. Clinical RNs were found to be at a disadvantage when it came to access to EBP-related resources and participated less frequently in EBP-related activities other than using research in practice. Icelandic RNs' beliefs regarding EBP are similar to those of RNs in other countries. Their access to EBP resources is generally good, but they lack the skills and knowledge needed for EBP. Strategies aimed at changing the organizational and practice context ... |
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Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. |
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Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. |
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Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. |
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Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. |
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icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: a national survey. |
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