Nurse-Perceived Barriers to the Implementation of Nondirected Pushing

Abstract

Over the past 20 years evidence-based decision making has become a key ingredient to providing quality nursing care. The use of evidence-based decision making in nursing was first demonstrated by the research utilization movement in the 1990s as nursing developed strategies to apply research evidence to nursing practice. At the turn of the century, evidence-based practice in nursing evolved as the key to promote positive patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness while ensuring accountability and transparency. Evidence-based practice in nursing combines empirical research, expert opinion, best practices, patient preferences, and other sources of data to provide high-quality patient care. Evidence-based practice in nursing has been well received by many nursing specialties. However, its implementation in perinatal nursing is suspect. Many perinatal nursing practices are not evidence based.