Current evidence on the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of nurses regarding evidence-based practice implementation in European community settings: a systematic review.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach that influences healthcare worldwide. Systematic research in the relevant biomedical literature was conducted using the Medline-Pubmed interface until August 2012. Six studies were included in the review. All of these studies had a cross-sectional study design, and 4 of them conducted a postal survey, using different questionnaires for data collection purposes. This review supports previous literature suggesting that community nurses have a positive attitude toward EBP. However, although EBP implementation is considered to be a professional imperative, the integration of recent evidence into clinical practice seems to be a cumbersome process.
a Faculty of Nursing , University of Athens , Greece.
Athina E
AE
Patelarou
Evridiki
E
Patelarou
Hero
H
Brokalaki
Vassilis
V
Dafermos
Linda
L
Thiel
Christos D
CD
Melas
Evmorfia
E
Koukia
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005060:Europe; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology