Primary healthcare nurse managers' perceptions in relation to evidence-based practice and their role in further extension: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the perceptions of primary healthcare nurse managers in relation to evidence based practice (EBP) and their role for further EBP extension.

Design

Bradshaw's qualitative descriptive approach. SITE: Primary Healthcare Centres in the Basque Country, Spain.

Participants

12 nurse managers in Primary Healthcare Centres.

Methods

Data were collected through semi-structured interviews in 2024, transcribed and analysed following qualitative content analysis.

Results

Three categories were elaborated during the analysis. The first one, 'Somehow contradictory perceptions around EBP' describes how participants considered EBP at the core of nursing while at the same time perceived it to be something abstract, difficult to achieve and to implement.

SUBMITTER: Roman O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547808 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature