J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2023 Aug;29(2):149-162. 10.22650/JKCNR.2023.29.2.149.

Belief in Evidence-Based Practice, Awareness of Importance and Performance of Nursing Practice Guidelines among Novice Nurses and Preceptors in a Tertiary General Hospital

• Seo JH
• Eun Y

• KMID: 2549591
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2023.29.2.149

Abstract

Purpose
This study was to investigate the belief in evidence-based practice, awareness of importance and performance of intravenous infusion and pressure ulcer evidence-based practice guidelines among nurses in a tertiary general hospital.
Methods
The subjects of this study were 217 nurses working in a tertiary general hospital. Data collection was performed between February 11 and February 25, 2022. Data analysis was conducted descriptive statistics, t-test, hierarchical regression analysis, and Importance-Performance Analysis.
Results
The mean score of belief for evidence-based practice among novice nurses was 3.34 out of 5, while preceptor nurses scored a mean of 3.41 out of 5. There was no significant difference in belief scores between novice nurses and preceptor nurses (t=-1.21, p=.227). The factors influencing the performance of evidence-based practice guidelines for intravenous infusion were belief in evidence-based practice (β=.14, p=.009) and importance of intravenous infusion (β=.51, p<.001), and the factors influencing the performance of evidence-based practice guidelines for pressure ulcer were belief in evidence-based practice (β=.15, p=.002) and importance of pressure ulcer (β=.65, p<.001). Importance-Performance Analysis of the evidence-based practice guidelines of two groups were used to identify common and different items.
Conclusion
To improve the performance of evidence-based practice guidelines, it is necessary to enhance the evidence-based practice belief and importance of evidence-based practice guidelines. In particular, evidence-based practice should be provided to improve nursing quality through education on items of low-importance and low-performance and items of high-importance but low-performance guidelines identified through Importance-Performance Analysis.

Keyword

Evidence-Based Nursing; Evidence-Based Practice; Practice Guideline; Intravenous Infusion; Pressure Ulcer