Assessment Of Nurses Knowledge And Utilization Of Evidence Based Practice And Its Associated Factors In Selected Hospitals Of Three Zones Of Southern Ethiopia 2017

Background: Evidence based practice is conscientious, clear and judicious use of current bestrnevidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It integrates individualrnclinical experts with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.rnEvidence based practice in nursing is come up to make value decisions and given that nursingrncare based on personal clinical expertise in combination with the most current, relevant researchrnavailable on the topic. Through the time, new and more effective medicines, medical devicesrnand procedures are invented to help doctors, nurses and medical technicians provide the bestrnpossible care and treatments to patientsrnObjective: To assess nurses’ knowledge and utilization of evidence-based practice and itsrnassociated factors in selected hospitals of three zones of SNNPR, South Ethiopia.rnMethods: Facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among nurses working inrnselected hospitals of three zones of south region from March 30 to May 1, 2017. 208 BSC nursesrnwere involved in the study. Convenient sampling technique was employed for the study. Selfrnadministered questioner was used to collect data .Data was collected by three trained diplomarnnurses. Descriptive analysis was done. The collected data was entered and analyzed using SPSSrnversion 21 statistical software package. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was done tornidentify factors that are associated with utilization of EBP. A statistical significance was declaredrnat p value

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