Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is one of the most important developments in decades for the helping
professions-including medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, public health, counseling, and all the other
health and human service professions. The study aims to assess barriers and facilitators for implementing
evidence –based practice among nurses in Yanbu General Hospital. Subjects &Methods: A descriptive cross
sectional design uses in carrying out this study at Yanbu General Hospital located in Yanbu AlBaher,
AlMadinah AlMunawarah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participants are all the nurses working both full-time and
part-time in Yanbu General Hospital. Outcome measure: Three outcomes assessed at barriers and facilitators for
implementing evidence-based practice among nurses, (1) Nurse Assessment Sheet; it includes(a) Sociodemographic
characteristics of nurse such as (age, sex, nationality, valid professional license, educational level,
and place of working in hospital); (b) Communication characteristic to assess communication between nurses
and hospital organization and evaluate barriers and facilitators for implementing evidence based practice in
hospital; (2)Barrier of evidence based practice questionnaire; and (3) Facilitators for implementing evidence
based practice questionnaire. Results: barriers of evidence based nursing related to knowledge (68.8%), practice
(70), authority (72%), setting (70.7%) and research utilization (72%) while facilitation for EBN are 28.7%. the
finding of the study reveals that highly statistical significant correlation between gender of nurses and evidence
based nursing, highly statistical significant correlation between barrier and facilitators of evidence based
practices. Conclusion; the findings of the present study can help nurses to identify barriers and implement
strategies to promote EBP as part of quality improvement. Recommendation; Continuous in-service educational
program should be hold for all staff nurses to improve practical of evidence based nursing. |
