Experiences and Perspectives of Indonesian Nurses on Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: A Qualitative Study

Background: Nursing practices must be implemented effectively to transfer health-related research, information, and experience into improvements in healthcare quality. Many studies have been conducted in nursing on implementing evidence-based practice (EBP). The poor utilisation of EBP in healthcare is often attributed to nurses’ insufficient knowledge and abilities. Methods: This study adopted a qualitative research design. Thirty staff nurses participated in semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling was employed in the selection of participants. The authors analysed the interview data using COSTA qualitative data analysis. Results: Four main themes were identified: (1) the experience of nurses on EBP implementation, (2) the benefits of EBP implementation, (3) barriers to EBP implementation, and (4) facilitators of EBP implementation. Conclusion: Although most nurses are supportive and have a positive attitude towards implementing EBP, their knowledge and skills could be improved. Nurses believed EBP should be applied when clinical issues arose. Nursing evidence is not widely available or valuable, which is one of the barriers. Some reasons for introducing EBP included the limited information available in Indonesia and nurses’ inadequate comprehension of EBP. Support from the leadership and the widespread availability of web-based social network platforms for quick information access were additional facilitators.