Evidence-based practice beliefs and implementation of staff nurses in the Ilocos region

ABSTRACT

@#<p style="text-align justify;"><strong>PURPOSE OF THE STUDY </strong>The study assessed the EBP beliefs and implementation of staff nurses in the Ilocos Region.</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>METHODS:</strong> A sample size of 384 nurses was surveyed in this cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study approved by the Saint Louis University - Research Ethics Committee. They were selected through simple random sampling in seven (7) different government and private training hospitals in the Ilocos Region. The EBP Beliefs Scale (EBP-B) and EBP Implementation Scale (EBP-I) were used to collect the data on the respondents' EBP Beliefs and Implementation respectively. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation; and inferential statistics such as Spearman rank correlation.</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>FINDINGS: </strong>The mean total score of 58.57 indicated that the respondents have no full commitment or belief to EBP but the possibility exists. The overall mean rating of 3.63 signified that they "Agree" on the statements in the EBPB scale in general. On the EBP implementation, a mean summative score of 28.06 specified that the respondents implemented EBPbetween 1 to 3 times but less than 4 times in the past eight weeks. The overall mean rating was calculated at 1.56 suggestive that EBPis "Rarely implemented". Moreover, this study established a weak positive correlation between the respondents' EBPBeliefs and EBPImplementation [r (384) = 0.252, p < 0.001].</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> This study has shown that nurses in the Ilocos region are positive about their knowledge of, confidence in and belief about EBP but are not fully committal to it. However, in spite of having positive EBP belief, their implementation of EBP was rare or low. The study was able to elicit that EBPimplementation is significantly associated by the held beliefs on EBP by the respondents.</p>