Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge and Utilization of Evidence Based Practice and its Associated Factors in Selected Hospitals of Three Zones Of Southern Ethiopia, 2017
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Evidence based practice is conscientious, clear and judicious use of current best
evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It integrates individual
clinical experts with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.
Evidence based practice in nursing is come up to make value decisions and given that nursing
care based on personal clinical expertise in combination with the most current, relevant research
available on the topic. Through the time, new and more effective medicines, medical devices
and procedures are invented to help doctors, nurses and medical technicians provide the best
possible care and treatments to patients
Objective: To assess nurses’ knowledge and utilization of evidence-based practice and its
associated factors in selected hospitals of three zones of SNNPR, South Ethiopia.
Methods: Facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among nurses working in
selected hospitals of three zones of south region from March 30 to May 1, 2017. 208 BSC nurses
were involved in the study. Convenient sampling technique was employed for the study. Self
administered questioner was used to collect data .Data was collected by three trained diploma
nurses. Descriptive analysis was done. The collected data was entered and analyzed using SPSS
version 21 statistical software package. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was done to
identify factors that are associated with utilization of EBP. A statistical significance was declared
at p value<0.05.
Results: Nearly half (45.3%) of study participants had poor knowledge regarding evidence based
practice. 38.5% of respondents never utilize EBP in their clinical practice. In this study being
head nurse was 3.43 times (AOR=3.427 [95%CI= [1.289, 9.112] more likely to use EBP when
compared to being staff nurse. Knowledge of EBP was significantly associated with nursing
experience and working unit.
Conclusion and Recommendation: The result of findings in this study revealed that nurses in
selected Hospitals in SNNP have low level of knowledge about evidence-based nursing practice.
Also their utilization of evidence-based nursing was low. Hospitals need to manage to provide
training about evidence practice which raises level of knowledge and utilization.
Key words: knowledge, EBP and utilization
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Knowledge, EBP and utilization