{"title":"Jordanian nurses' knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice","authors":"Ahmad Saleh","doi":"10.5455/rmj20221201044706","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To evaluate Jordanian nurses’ knowledge about evidenced based practice. Methodology: This cross-sectional included 120 Jordanian nurses from one private hospital in Amman, Jordan. Evidenced-based practice knowledge tool was used to gain data An informed consent was obtained from all nurses. Of the 120 nurses, 100 responded, resulting in a response rate of 83%. Results: Out of 100 respondents, 75 (75%) nurses were female and average age of 26±2 years. The average score of knowledge regarding evidenced based practice was low at 1.2±1 out of 10. Conclusion: Knowledge of nurses regarding evidenced based practice was low. An evaluation is needed, in order to improve knowledge and skills of nurses.","PeriodicalId":20844,"journal":{"name":"Rawal Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Rawal Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5455/rmj20221201044706","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate Jordanian nurses’ knowledge about evidenced based practice. Methodology: This cross-sectional included 120 Jordanian nurses from one private hospital in Amman, Jordan. Evidenced-based practice knowledge tool was used to gain data An informed consent was obtained from all nurses. Of the 120 nurses, 100 responded, resulting in a response rate of 83%. Results: Out of 100 respondents, 75 (75%) nurses were female and average age of 26±2 years. The average score of knowledge regarding evidenced based practice was low at 1.2±1 out of 10. Conclusion: Knowledge of nurses regarding evidenced based practice was low. An evaluation is needed, in order to improve knowledge and skills of nurses.
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RMJ is a general Medicine publication and accepts oorigial articles, editorials, case reports and commentaries. It aims to dessiminate medical knowldge to professional community.