Educational program for Psychiatric nurses to improve their knowledge and attitude toward application of evidenced based nursing practices

Nahed Morsy,Sabah : Mohamad,Mervat Shalaby

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2015.74125

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Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is defined as the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence to provide services for clients in addition to integration of the best available research findings, patient preference with clinical expertise to enhance decision making. EBP helps the psychiatric nurses keep up to date with the best, clinically relevant research in the field and increases confidence in decision. EBP weighs risk, benefit, and cost against a backdrop of patient preferences. Aim: the Study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational program about concept of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice on psychiatric nurses' knowledge and attitude. Design: This study followed is a quasi-experimental design. Setting: it was conducted at Tanta Mental Health Hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and population. Subjects: The subjects of this study were 60 nurses. Tools: two tools were used (1) Evidence Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ), and (2) Evidence-based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS). Results: the main results revealed that the attitude of the studied nurses about EBP was improved after program implementation. Statistically significant positive relationship was found between total level of knowledge and attitude among the studied nurses regarding evidence based practice. Conclusion: The present study concluded that evidence based practice is greatly important for nurse and patient and overall nursing profession. Recommendations: the present study2تاجrecommended that continuous In-service training programs are needed to be implemented for nurses to provide the necessary skills for application of EBP in clinical practice area.

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Evidence-based practice became the standard of care in psychiatric nursing and mental health care
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an educational program about concept of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice on psychiatric nurses' knowledge and attitude
Regarding relation between level of knowledge and attitude, the present study showed that there is a positive correlation between level of knowledge and attitude of the nurses regarding evidence based practice in which increase in nurses knowledge level led to improvement of their attitude about Evidence-based practice (EBP)

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Evidence-based practice became the standard of care in psychiatric nursing and mental health care. Evidence based practice is a holistic approach to care delivery that places the individual patient at its core It is far more than research utilization alone and is a partnership between inter professional clinicians, patients and the best available evidence to optimize patient outcomes. Component EBP includes the clinical state and the clinical setting [2] This area requires that the provider individualizes the understanding of the patient's illness experience to include the unique aspects of symptoms, personal life concerns and situations. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is defined as the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence to provide services for clients in addition to integration of the best available research findings, patient preference with clinical expertise to enhance decision making. Significant positive relationship was found between total level of knowledge and attitude among the studied nurses regarding evidence based practice.

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