- Title
- Perioperative nurses’ knowledge, practice, attitude, and perceived barriers to evidence use: a multisite, cross-sectional survey
- Creator
- Duff, Jed; Butler, Margaret; Davies, Menna; Williams, Robyn; Carlile, Jannelle
- Relation
- ACORN Vol. 27, Issue 4, p. 28-35
- Publisher
- Cambridge Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Despite the wide acceptance of evidence-based practice as the foundation for professional health care delivery, there still remains a considerable gap between research evidence and current perioperative nursing practice. The aim of this study was to describe the self-reported knowledge, practice, attitudes and perceived barriers to evidence-based practice among perioperative nurses from nine metropolitan hospitals. Eight hundred nurses were sent a survey comprising two validated tools, the Barriers to Research Utilisation Scale (BARRIERS Scale) and the Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ). Four hundred and ninety-three participants completed the returned the survey (60%). On the seven-point EBPQ, participants rated their evidence-based practice knowledge as 4.65 (1=poor to 7=excellent); their use of evidence-based practice as 4.12 (1=never to 7=frequently); and their attitude to evidence-based practice as 5.23 (1=negative to 7=positive). On the BARRIERS Scale (1=no barrier to 4=great barrier) issues related to the organisation were identified as the most significant barrier (2.66); followed by research communication issues (2.76); individual adopter-related issues (2.65); and issues about the innovation (2.52). These results indicate that this sample of Australian perioperative nurses have a positive attitude to evidence-based practice and reasonable knowledge of the topic; but this has not resulted in extensive use of evidence in the clinical setting.
- Subject
- evidence-based practice; perioperative nursing
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1334018
- Identifier
- uon:27205
- Identifier
- ISSN:1448-7535
- Rights
- This article is available with the permission from the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN). Views expressed in any article are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of ACORN, nor are the products advertised given the official backing of this College. They cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions, information, errors or omissions in this article. Articles published in the Journal of Perioperative Nursing in Australia are copyright and the copyright remains with ACORN. Anyone wishing to reprint articles must obtain written permission directly from the editor
- Language
- eng
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