Knowledge, Practice and Attitude of Evidence Based Practice Among Nurses in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Nowadays, increasing number of researches focus on Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in order to achieve higher quality of patient care. Different setting of organizations might result in different way of how the people in organization perceive EBP, due to this the study aim is to assess nurses’ knowledge/skills and attitude about evidence based practice in King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) and King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Centre (KFSCRC). Using Evidence Based Questionnaire (EBQP) developed by Dupton & Dupton (2005) a cross sectional descriptive study was used in carrying out the study. The result of the study concluded that there were significant differences between the two main studied hospitals in the nurses’ score for their knowledge, attitude and practice toward EBP. In addition, a high correlation between these three components also supported by this study.