Investigation of Attitudes of Surgical Nurses Towards Evidence-Based Nursing Practices in and Affecting Factors

Abstract Aim-Background: With evidence-based practice, nurses play an important role in developing and improving health outcomes to the optimal level expected. This study was conducted to examine the attitudes of nurses working in surgical clinics towards evidence-based nursing. Design-Methods: The sample of the descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 110 nurses who worked in the surgical clinics of a university hospital between March and September 2019. Data Collection Form Attitude Towards Evidence-Based Nursing Questionnaire (AEBNAQ) were used to collect the data. Written permissions were obtained from the Scientific Ethics Committee, the institution where the study would be conducted, and the nurses participating in the study. The data were evaluated using number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman's rho correlation analysis. Results: It was determined that the average age of the nurses participating in the study was 34.03±7.29 years, 51.8% has done a graduation project/thesis/research in their education process, 40.0% has attended a scientific meeting on evidence-based practice, 91.8% needs evidence in nursing practices. The total score of the nurses was determined as 62.5±8.5 and sub-dimensions differed as in the "Evidence-Based Nursing Beliefs and Expectations" sub-dimension 29.3±4.2, in the "Evidence-Based Practicing Intention" sub-dimension 16.1±2.7, in the "Evidence-Based Nursing Emotions" sub-dimension 17.1±2.5 points. It was determined that nurses who read scientific journals, have attended scientific meetings, do graduation projects/thesis/research, need evidence in nursing practices, have information about evidence-based practices and want to participate in the training program, and the sub-dimension and total score averages of the AEBNAQ are significantly higher (p