J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2021 Dec;27(3):233-244. 10.22650/JKCNR.2021.27.3.233.

Utilization of Evidence-Based Clinical Nursing Practice Guidelines in Tertiary Hospitals and General Hospitals

• Eun Y
• Jeon MY
• Gu MO
• Cho YA
• Kim JY
• Kwon JS
• Kim KS

• KMID: 2523808
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2021.27.3.233

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual utilization of clinical practice guidelines developed by Hospital Nurses Association.
Methods
The subjects were 70 nurses who were in charge of guideline distributions in 70 advanced general hospital and general hospitals with 500 beds or more nationwide. Data were collected between June and August, 2020 by mail (return rate: 88.6%). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA with SPSS/WIN 24.0.
Results
Among the clinical practice guidelines developed by Hospital Nurses Association, 72.9~90.1% were placed with book and electronic file in nursing department and 24.3~35.8% were placed with book and electronic file in each nursing unit at hospital. The average number of utilized clinical practice guidelines were 3.96±3.88, and average score of guideline utilization was score 2.85±0.79 which means ‘use sometimes’.
Conclusion
To improve the distribution and utilization of the clinical practice guidelines, it is necessary to enhance the recognition of values of evidence based nursing practice targeting head of nursing department and to stimulate the distribution and utilization of the clinical practice guidelines using diverse education programs for staff nurses.

Keyword

Evidence-Based Nursing; Practice Guideline; Utilization