Nurses’ knowledge and Attitudes to Evidence-Based Nursing in Torbat Heidarieh Educational Hosital

Background and Aims: Evidence-based nursing is a process, have been recently raised as a way of health care based on the newest results. The present study aimed to determine the nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based nursing in Torbat Heidarieh educational hospital. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was done on 100 nurses in the city of Torbat Heidarieh with convenience sampling in 2015. Evidence-based questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and attitudes about nursing. After completing the questionnaires the data were analyzed using spss 16. Results: The results showed that 64% of participants had ever even heard the name of evidence-based nursing and 88% of participants did not know the different levels of evidence-based nursing, but most of them (89%) had a good attitude toward evidence-based nursing and only 11% of nurses had indifferent attitude toward evidence-based nursing. Conclusion: Although the nurses did not have appropriate knowledge about evidence-based nursing, they had a positive attitude toward it. It is necessary to implement programs to increase awareness and give the right attitude toward evidence-based nursing in order to promote the patients’ nursing.