Affiliation:
1. MUNZUR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
2. FIRAT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Abstract
Objective: This research was carried out to determine the attitudes of intensive care nurses towards evidence-based nursing.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 134 nurses working in the intensive care units of a university hospital between January and June 2021. Research data were collected by online data collection technique using “Descriptive Form for Nurses” and “Evidence-Based Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (EBNAQ)”. The obtained data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (number, percentage, mean) and Mann Whitney U tests in the computer-aided SPSS package program.
Results: It was determined that the intensive care nurses’ mean total score in the Evidence-Based Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (EBNAQ)was 66.35±6.22. Evidence-Based Practice Intentions Subscale was found to be higher in female nurses than in male nurses (p
Funder
The authors declared that this study hasn’t received no financial support.