OVERVIEW In November 2009, AJN launched a 12-part series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step, authored by nursing leaders from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. Through hypothetical scenarios, based on the authors' collective clinical experience, the series illustrated the seven steps of evidence-bas...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe evidence-based practice (EBP) beliefs and behaviors of nurses who provide cancer pain management. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional with a mixed-methods approach. SETTING Two inpatient oncology units in the Pacific Northwest. SAMPLE 40 RNs.
 METHODS Data collected by interviews and web-based surveys. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES EBP beliefs, EBP implementat...

OBJECTIVE This study explored the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) among rural hospital nurses. BACKGROUND The Institute of Medicine recommends that 90% of clinical decisions be evidence based by 2020. METHODS This descriptive, quality improvement study used a convenience sampling of registered nurses (RNs). Part...

BACKGROUND Nursing educators need rigorously developed instruments to assess competency in evidence based practice (EBP) at undergraduate level. This concept is defined as the capability to choose and use an integrated combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes with the intention to develop a task in a certain context. Also, we understand that EBP is gaining knowledge and skills, as well as...

This paper examines the attitudes and practices of Australian health promotion practitioners toward evidence-based practice (EBP). The study used a survey methodology and questionnaires were sent to 1114 members of the Australian Health Promotion Association. A response rate of 27% (n = 277) was achieved. The data showed that the vast majority of participant's attitudes toward EBP was very welc...

CONTEXT The release of evidence-based practice (EBP) Web-based learning modules to the membership of the National Athletic Trainers' Association has provided athletic trainers (ATs) the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the various EBP concepts. Whereas increasing the knowledge of EBP among ATs is important, assessing whether this newfound knowledge is being translated into clinical pra...

BACKGROUND Most previous studies of allied health professionals' evidence based practice (EBP) attitudes, knowledge and behaviours have been conducted with profession specific questionnaires of variable psychometric strength. This study compared the self-report EBP profiles of allied health professionals/trainees in an Australian university. METHODS The Evidence-Based Practice Profile (EBP2) ...

Individual factors are known to influence engagement in research utilization and evidence-based practice (EBP). Cognitive maturity is one factor that may enhance interest in and willingness to engage in clinical inquiry, research utilization, and EBP. Adult cognitive development theory explains why research training alone may not suffice to prepare nurses for EBP. Epistemic assumptions held by ...

PURPOSE This study described the current knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices of a group of school-based pediatric physical therapists regarding evidence-based practice (EBP). METHODS Five practitioners participated in this project. Each was interviewed individually and in a group and completed a quantitative survey. RESULTS All of the participants had a positive attitude toward EBP...

Purpose: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has increasingly become a part of social work education, but there is lack knowledge about students’ attitudes toward it. This study evaluated Norwegian research-supported treatments (RSTs).Method: Attitudes were measured with the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36), validated measure including 12 subscales.Results: The findings suggest th...