Factors Associated With Nurses' Knowledge of and Perceived Value in Evidence-Based Practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about how the education and specialty certification of intensive care unit nurses influence patients' outcomes.

Objective

To examine the relationships between critical care nurses' education level and specialty certification, their individual psychosocial beliefs about their place on the intensive care unit team (in relation to 3 factors: professional identity, self-efficacy, and role clarity), and their perceptions of evidence-based practices used in the intensive care unit.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was emailed to nurses in 12 adult intensive care units within 6 hospitals in a single, integrated health care system.

Results

Of 268 respondents, 180 (71%) had a bachelor of science degree or higher, and 71 (26%) had critical care

SUBMITTER: Gigli KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature