title: Nurses' perception of evidence-based practice at the National University Hospital of Singapore.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A study was conducted at Singapore's National University Hospital to elicit registered nurses' attitudes, knowledge, barriers, facilitating factors, education, and training regarding evidence-based practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 13-question survey that was administered to all registered nurses yielded 1,114 (75.4%) usable returns for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings showed that Singapore nurses had a positive and supportive attitude toward evidence-based practice but lacked the competence and knowledge to conduct it. Time constraints were identified as the main barrier to implementing evidence-based practice. There is a need for proper training, mentoring by senior nurses, and adequate time for evidence-based practice. Nurses with a higher level of nursing education who indicated the greatest perceived barriers tended to have less difficulty applying evidence-based practice but identified a need for more training in information skills.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evidence-based practice is still in its infancy in Singapore compared with hospitals in other developed countries.
authors: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Department of Policy and Leadership Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. sfoo@pmail.ntu.edu.sg
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