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Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SJMPS)
Volume-3 | Issue-06 | 615-621
Original Research Article
Nurses’ awareness, perception and barriers for implementation of evidence based practices at Govt. hospital Lahore
Sonia Tahir, Robina kousar, M Hussain, Ishrat Shehzady, Ali Waqas, Syed Amir Gillani
Published : June 29, 2017
DOI : 10.36348/sjmps.2017.v03i06.020
Abstract
Evidence based nursing is the process in which nurse is able to make clinical decisions by using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise and patient preferences. The goal of this study is to gain knowledge about the recent awareness, perception, skills, and barriers for the implementation of Evidence based practices among the nurses of government hospitals Lahore Pakistan. There is approximately, over a half billion dollars per year spent on treatment, and medical follow-ups that did not follow the guidelines of evidence based practices [1]. A quantitative descriptive cross-section research design was used to evaluate nurses’ awareness, perceptions and barriers for implementation of Evidence Based Practice in healthcare. A convenient sample of 500 clinical nurses was selected. Tool; a structured questionnaire to collect socio-demographic data such as age, education level, and experiences, nurses awareness, perception and barriers for implementation of evidence based practice. A five-point Likers scale used. The finding of this study shows that awareness of nurses related to evidence based practices were (36%, 64%) satisfactory. The perception of participant was 55.48%. The Barriers for research utilization was 68.49% and barriers to research resource information were 71.92%. The study concluded that overall results awareness of Nurses about Evidence Based Practices was satisfactory but still they need to be excellent level of awareness. The barriers related to research utilization and research resource information were a big hurdle in evidence based practices and perceptions of skills were negative
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