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Use of evidence-based practice among advanced
practice nurses in Thailand:
A multi-setting, cross-sectional study
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is utilized in the In light of the findings, it is critical to ensure
clinical environment because it is a research that APNs have EBP competencies, such as
-based approach informing the collection, research and IT knowledge/skills, to select the
analysis, and implementation of empirical best available evidence to integrate into their
findings to improve practice. As the Director of practice. Therefore, nursing faculty that develop
the Thailand Centre for Evidence Based Health curriculum for APNs need to emphasize these
Care, a Joanna Briggs Institute affiliate, Associate factors when training APNs. In addition, EBP
Professor Dr. Patraporn Bhatarasakoon brought courses should be designed to prepare APNs
her knowledge and experience to this study of by imparting both a theoretical and practical
EBP among Advanced Practice Nurses in base. Finally, EBP competencies should be
Thailand. evaluated to ensure that pre-APNs achieve the
required knowledge and skills.
Although similar studies have been undertaken
in other settings, this was the first of its kind to As with other studies worldwide, this study
be implemented in Thailand. It was also a part demonstrated nurses’ positive attitudes
of a wider research project going on nationally towards EBP. However, considering the lower
related to the overall situation of Advanced scores in the knowledge/skills subscale, the
Practice Nurses in the country. Healthcare findings of this study have important implications
across the globe grows increasingly complex, for nursing, and especially, nurse educators.
and this means that advanced practice nurses As knowledge and skills need to be transferred
need to have both knowledge and skills along first and foremost through curriculum and its
with an appropriate attitude towards EBP to implementation, nurse administrators would
provide the required care to ensure best be wise to bolster the knowledge and skill
practice and subsequently, optimal patient domains via increased preparation through the
outcomes. curriculum and specific trainings.
This study employed the Evidence-based Prac-
tice Questionnaire (EBPQ), a data collection
tool developed in 2006, and used already in
over 40 countries. This questionnaire included
attitude, practice, and knowledge/skill sub-
scales. Results from the present study showed
nurses achieving relatively high overall EBPQ
scores, with the attitude sub-scale being
higher than those for both practice and know-
ledge/skills.
https://cmu.to/jByKK
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Patraporn Bhatarasakoon
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