Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Perception of registered nurses regarding barriers to evidence based practice at selected hospital in Kerala: A descriptive study

Shiny M Jose Sr. Therese Jose

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Evidence can close the gap between actions. The present study aimed to assess the perception of Registered Nurses [RN] regarding barriers to evidence based practice [EBP] and to prioritize the barriers to evidence based practice, to compare the perception of registered nurses with the level of education, to identify the association between perception of RN and selected demographic variables. The research design selected was non- experimental descriptive design, the areas selected for the study were multispecialty hospital, college of nursing and school of nursing in Idukki. The study was carried out on 30 samples were selected by stratified random sampling (lottery method). The Instrument 5-point Likert’s scale, a tool used for the study was, section (A) demographic data, section (B) assessment of perception of RN on barriers to evidence based practice. The collected data, were analyzed on the basis of objectives using by descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that the altitude and morale having high mean score (16.8) and time and workload is having low means score (4.6).while prioritizing the barrier, RN perceived more priority for attitude and morale (84%), continuing education (84%),quality of education (84%)least for time and workload (46%). There is no significant difference between diploma and graduate or post graduate nurses perception regarding barriers to EBP (t=0.9663, p>0.05). There is no significant association between education, year experience and research experience.

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PERCEPTION OF REGISTERED NURSES REGARDING BARRIERS TO EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AT SELECTED HOSPITAL IN KERALA: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY, Shiny M Jose (Sr. Therese Jose) GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-12 | December-2019


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