Learning Objective #1: Understand the evaluatation of an EBN education program

Learning Objective #2: Understand the participants' change after an education program on EBN knowledge, attitude and behavior

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Health care changes are occurring rapidly and dramatically in this twenty-first century. Nursing practice is changing almost daily with advances in nursing research and improvement in technology and practice. Professional nursing is not only to update the new knowledge about medicine, but also focus on caring human being. Application evidence-based nursing (EBN) in clinical practice can make continuous quality improvement and the cost effectiveness. The main purpose of this study was to design an EBN education program and evaluate the effects on the EBN knowledge, attitude, behavior of the clinical staff nurses. The intervention consisted three times teaching programs, two times groups discussions and outcome presentation. The 64 participants came from 8 hospitals. Data was collected before and after the intervention to examine the education program effects. The questionnaires include the demographic inventory, EBN knowledge scale (EBNKS), EBN attitude scale (EBNAS) and EBN behavior scale (EBNBS). The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were tested. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and paired-t test. The results indicated that the intervention significantly increased participants' EBN knowledge (t=-10.11, p< .001). However, the intervention was not able to affect participants' EBN attitude (t=0.44, p> .05). Another finding showed that the intervention enhanced participants' EBN behaviors (t=-2.36, p< .05). The satisfaction of education program was 98.1%. The 96.3% participants thought the program brought beneficial result.