EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING CARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HIERARCHY: PRACTICE, BARRIERS, AND FACILITATORS
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 184
- Primary Endpoint
- Evidence-Based Practice Usage Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Background: There is a limited number of studies in Turkey that jointly evaluate the evidence-based practice levels of nurses working in surgical units, the barriers they encounter in practice, and the facilitating factors that support practice. In particular, understanding the extent to which evidence-based nursing practice beliefs predict evidence-based care practice behaviors is important for designing in-house training programs, creating clinical guidelines, and developing in-service mentoring systems.
Purpose: This research was conducted to reveal the levels of evidence-based nursing practice among nurses working in surgical units, identify barriers to implementation, and define factors that facilitate implementation. It is anticipated that the findings will guide clinical managers, education planners, and policy developers in creating evidence-based improvement strategies.
Methodology: The research is a descriptive-cross-sectional study. The population consists of nurses working in the Surgical Clinics at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital in Bursa, Turkey (N:350). The sample calculation for the study was performed using the known population sample method. The minimum number of individuals required in the sample was calculated using the Raosoft sample calculation tool, yielding a sample size (n) of 184 when a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence interval were applied.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Cross Sectional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Working as a Clinical Nurse (in surgical areas) at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey,
- •Agreeing to participate in the study as a volunteer,
- •Not having any visual, auditory, or psychological problems that would prevent them from completing the questionnaire and scales,
- •Being a graduate of nursing school.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not working as a nurse in the Clinical Department (surgical fields) at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey,
- •Not agreeing to participate in the research as a volunteer,
- •Having any visual, auditory, or psychological problems that would prevent them from completing the questionnaire and scales,
- •Not being a graduate of nursing school.
Arms & Interventions
Surgical nurses
Nurses working in surgical clinics and operating rooms
Intervention: Measuring evidence-based nursing knowledge and practice levels using a scale (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Evidence-Based Practice Usage Scale
Time Frame: 6 months
It includes 18 items, including creating a PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) question about the applications, using evidence to change clinical practices, and sharing the collected data results with colleagues. A five-point frequency scale (ranging from 0 = '0 times' to 4 = '\>8 times') is used to indicate how often participants performed each item in the last eight weeks, with a total score ranging from 0 to 72. A higher score indicates greater use of evidence-based nursing care.
Secondary Outcomes
- Research Usage Barriers Scale(6 months)
Investigators
AKİF BULUT
Assistant Investigator
Uludag University