Articles
Current Status of Evidence-based Nursing at Department of Nursing among Acute Care Hospitals in Korea
- AUTHOR
- Jeong Soon Kwon,Jae Sim Jeong,Kyeong Sug Kim,Sun Kyung Kim,Shin Mi Kim,Eun Hyeon Kim,Hyun Ju Seo,Seon Heui Lee,Young Sun Jeong,Ihn Sook Jeong,Young Ae Cho,Young Eun
- INFORMATION
- page. 4~11 / Vol.4 No.1 (2016)
- e-ISSN
- 2288-775X
- Received
- 2016-11-14
- Revised
- 2016-12-10
- Accepted
- 2016-12-15
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ABSTRACT
Purpose: This study was performed to identify the current status of organization and education for evidence-based nursing (EBN) among acute care hospitals in Korea. Methods: Using a questionnaire, the data were collected from 60 acute general hospitals selected conveniently from October to November in 2016. Results: The response rate was 83.3% and the mean number of beds for responded hospitals were 977.83. Responded hospitals appeared to perceive the importance of EBN, though approximately 50% of hospitals showed insufficient status for EBN. EBN project implemented in accordance with institutional support. EBN education courses have operated within hospitals and also have attended at outside courses. Conclusion: The current status of EBN organization and education have identified and it is needed to monitor continuously to activate and expand EBN in clinical settings.