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100			_aEzeruigbo, Chinwe Florence Samantha
240			_aJournal of psychosocial nursing / _hSeptember 2023
245			_aEvidence-based practice among psychiatric nurses : _bKnowledge, attitudes, organizational readiness, levels of implementation, and barriers and facilitators / _cChinwe Florence Samantha Ezeruigbo
260			_aThorofare, New Jersey ; _bSlack Incorporated , _c2023
300			_avol.61(9) : pages 47-55
500			_aABSTRACT The current study examined psychiatric nurses' views, knowledge, attitudes, organizational readiness, levels of evidence-based practice (EBP), as well as barriers and facilitators to EBP in a Nigerian tertiary neuropsychiatric hospital. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive research approach. Structured questionnaires were administered to all psychiatric nurses (N= 131) at the hospital. Results showed that psychiatric nurses had an acceptable degree of EBP knowledge and a positive attitude toward EBP. Levels of EBP implementation were below average, and organizational culture and preparation for EBP were moderate. Participants reported a moderate degree of barriers to EBP adoption (mean = 40.08, SD = 9.63), and a high level of assertion to positive facilitators of EBP (mean = 19.88, SD = 4.16). Findings show that although most psychiatric nurses had adequate knowledge and good attitudes toward EBP, certain barriers prevented its application. Thus, there is a need for a policy framework to mitigate existing barriers and improve EBP facilitators in psychiatric nursing practices in Nigeria to improve productivity measures. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 61(9), 47-55.]
653			_apsychiatric nurses
700			_aEzeruigbo, Chinwe Florence Samantha
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