Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Evidence Based Practice among Nurses at Yanbu General Hospital - kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is one of the most important developments in decades for 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 implementation. Evidence–based practice among nurses in Yanbu General Hospital. Subjects &Methods: A descriptive cross. the sectional design uses in carrying out dis study at Yanbu General Hospital in Yanbu Albaher, Al Madinah 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 the nurse such as (age, sex, nationality, valid professional license, educational level, and place of working in a 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 noledge (68.8%), practice (70), authority (72%), setting (70.7%), and research utilization (72%) while facilitation for EBN is 28.7%. the finding of the study reveals that highly statistically significant correlation between the gender of nurses and evidence-based nursing, a highly statistically 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 held for all staff nurses to improve the practice of evidence-based nursing.