Influencing factors and the status of knowledge, attitude and practice on the evidence-based nursing among college degree and above nursing students

VernacularTitle:大专及以上实习护生循证护理知信行现状及其影响因素的调查
Author: Tie-Ying ZENG ¹ ; Qiu-Ting MAO ; Qi ZHANG
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1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院
Keywords: Evidence-based nursing; Knowledge,attitude and practice; Influencing factors; Nursing students
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2012;18(19):2233-2236
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the knowledge,attitude and practice on the evidence-based nursing (EBN) and its influencing factors.Methods A total of 180 nursing students with the high education were recruited and investigated with a self-designed questionnaire,which included fundamentals of knowledge (8 items),evidence-based attitude and belief( 14 items),evidence-based practice ( 8 items),and adopted 3 rating scale,every natural endowments 1-3 points.The Cronbach's α of the questionnaire was 0.910,and its Cronbach's α of items respectively was 0.850,0.897,0.893.Results The mean score of knowledge,attitude and belief,and behavior was ( 10.85 ± 2.83 ),( 34.34 ± 4.94 ),( 10.84 ± 3.24 ),respectively.The study mode,evidence-based nursing training,evidence - based nursing practice were the main influencing factors of the overall level(P ＜0.05).Conclusions The clinical nursing students show a positive attitude toward EBN,but they lack of basic EBN knowledge and practice.So the evidence-based nursing training should be strengthened and the sooner the better.