Sociodemographic and Work-Related Variables Affecting Knowledge of, Attitudes toward, and Skills in EBNP of Nurses According to an EBPPQ

Katarzyna Młynarska, Elżbieta Grochans, Magdalena Sylwia Kamińska, Anna Maria Cybulska, Mariusz Panczyk and Ewa Kupcewicz
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Katarzyna Młynarska: Department of Nursing, Collegium Medicum University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 14C Żołnierska St., 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Elżbieta Grochans: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 48 Żołnierska St., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Magdalena Sylwia Kamińska: Subdepartment of Long-Term Care, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 48 Żołnierska St., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Anna Maria Cybulska: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 48 Żołnierska St., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Mariusz Panczyk: Department of Education and Research in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 14/16 Litewska St., 00-518 Warszawa, Poland
Ewa Kupcewicz: Department of Nursing, Collegium Medicum University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 14C Żołnierska St., 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: (1) This study examines sociodemographic and work-related variables to determine their impact on the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and skills in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP). (2) The study included 830 nurses from four voivodships in Poland, Dolnośląskie, Łódzkie, Podlaskie, and Zachodniopomorskie and was conducted by the diagnostic survey method, using the questionnaire technique. The following research tools were applied in the study: an Evidence-Based Practice Profile Questionnaire (EBPPQ) and a survey questionnaire developed by the authors, containing questions on sociodemographic data and work-related variables. (3) Sociodemographic variables with an impact on the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and skills in EBNP include age, marital status, and educational background. Older nurses find it problematic to apply EBNP, and their level of relevant knowledge and skills is lower; whereas, those with university education possess the best EBNP-related skills, and they are also more eager to expand them and apply them in their work. The work-related variables with an impact on the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and skills in EBNP among nurses include work experience, which has a negative effect on applying EBNP and the skills associated with it. The type of school from which the nurses graduated and the nursing specialisation training also have a strong impact on expanding nurses’ competence in EBNP.

Keywords: evidence-based nursing practice; Evidence-Based Practice Profile Questionnaire; sociodemographic variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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