Assessment of Evidence Based Practice's Knowledge and Attitude from Maternity Nurse's Point ofView | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2022, Page 361-374 PDF (499.51 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.295599 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nagwa Elfeshawy1; Yasmin Abd Elhatif2; Hanan El-Sayed3 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt, | ||||
| 2Nursing Specialist, Mansoura Specialized Hospital | ||||
| 3Professor of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, MansouraUniversity, Egypt, | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a technique used for solving problems regarding patient care leading to lower health costs, better patient outcomes and safer care. Aim: The study aimed to assess Evidence Based Practice's knowledge and attitude from maternity nurse's point of view. Design: A descriptive cross sectional study design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in the obstetrics and gynecology departments at Mansoura University Hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of 120 maternity nurses Tools: One tool was use it consists of three parts . part 1: Socio demographic & professional data of maternity nurses. Part 11: Maternity nurses knowledge about EBP question. Part 111: Attitude of maternity nurses regard EBP scale. Results: The present study results showed that most of the studied nurses (97.5%) know that protein supplementation in women at risk for low birth weight & stop smoking and alcohol for reducing low birth weight are effective and safe ANC interventions. About (73.3%) of the studied nurses didn’t know that careful monitoring of the progress of labor by using WHO partograph was useful practice during labor. Majority (87.5 %) of them know that routine administration of vitamin K to all healthy newborns was insufficient evidence practice during postpartum. Also, less than half of studied nurses (48.3%, 39.2% respectively) strongly agreed that EBP encourages patient-centered care, the that, the application of EBP improves patient’s healthcare outcomes. Conclusions: Majority of the studied nurses had a poor general knowledge about EBP. Two thirds of them had fair knowledge regard EBP in Antenatal &labor. Also majority of them had fair knowledge regard EBP in postpartum. Moreover, more than three quarters of studied nurses had positive attitude toward EBP. Recommendations Training program should be utilized for maternity nurses to improve their knowledge about EBP. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Attitude; Evidence Based Practice; Knowledge& Nurses | ||||
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