Effects of Evidence Based Practice Integrated Critical Care Clinical Practicum

Park, Myong-Hwa

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2011;17(3):346-354.
Published online December 31, 2011.

Park, Myong-Hwa;

College of Nursing, Chungnam National University

근거중심실무 연계 중환자간호 실습교육의 적용 및 효과

박명화

충남대학교 간호대학

Abstract

Purpose
This study examines the effects of integrating Evidence Based Practice (EBP) into a critical care clinical practicum on nursing students' access and use of information resources and EBP competency. Methods: A one-group pretest-posttest design was used. Fifty senior nursing school students from a university participated. A critical care clinical practicum combined with EBP consisted of six full days of clinical practicum in intensive care units with EBP education. Group and individual training in EBP skills, lectures, small group discussion and conferences were provided. Data were analyzed using paired t tests for 50 participants. Results: The scores of evidence based practice competency increased significantly (p<.001) showing significant improvement in searching and classifying the evidence. Nursing students' access and use of research evidence improved (p=.004). Conclusion: This study showed that the integration of EBP into a clinical practicum was effective in improving accessibility and usefulness in research evidence such as guidelines and research articles, and increasing EBP competency in undergraduate students.

Key Words: Evidence based practice, Critical care, Students, Nursing