Correlation between organizational evidence-based culture and evidence-based nursing belief

Abstract

Objective To examine the correlation between the hospital evidence-based culture and evidence-based nursing. Methods A total of 752 nurses were investigated by the Chinese version organizational culture & readiness of EBP scale and nurses′ belief of EBP scale. Results The mean score of the organizational culture and readiness of evidence-based practice (EBP) scale was (3.80±0.77) and average 3 dimension scores were less than 4 score. The mean score of nurses′ belief of EBP scale was (3.61±0.36). Correlation analysis showed that the score of the organizational culture and readiness of EBP was positively correlated with the score of nurses′ belief of EBP (r=0.275, P<0.01). Conclusions In order to promote the level of nurses′ belief and EBP development, the total levels of the organizational culture and readiness of EBP in hospital should be further improved, especially strengthen the levels of people who are committed to EBP and skills and resources of EBP possessed by the hospital. Key words: Evidence-based practice; Organizational culture and readiness in hospital; Evidence-based practice belief