Authors (including presenting author) :
Chan SP(1)(12), Chuk LK(2)(12), Chung TK(1)(12), Lam KY(3)(12), Lee KH(4)(12), Lee MY(5)(12), Lee TK(6)(12), Leung CK(7)(12), Leung WM(8)(12), Li YN(9)(12), Liu BKW(9)(12), Poon MCY(10)(12), Mak SS(11)(12)
Affiliation :
(1)Central Nursing Division, Prince of Wales Hospital, (2)Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, (3)Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, New Territories East Cluster, (4)Accident & Emergency Department, New Territories East Cluster, (5)Department of Medicine, North District Hospital, (6)Department of Psychiatry, Tai Po Hospital, (7)Intensive Care Unit, North District Hospital,(8)Department of Surgery, Shatin Hospital, (9)Mixed Ward, North District Hospital, (10)Central Nursing Division, Bradbury Hospice/Chesire Home, Shatin/Shatin Hospital, (11)Department of Oncology, New Territories East Cluster, (12)NTEC Workgroup on Nursing Research and EBP_新東實証組
Introduction :
EBP is the key to quality patient care and is directly linked to improved patient outcomes. Yet, it is still far from being an atmosphere. In order to facilitate infusion of EBP into the culture and practice, and make these sustainable, NTEC Workgroup on Nursing Research and EBP has designed a 3-tier program which consists of three levels of training: fundamental, intermediate and advance. With Workgroup’s support, some previously trained nurses who are dedicated to EBP promotion formed a team (新東實證組) to help kick-start the first-tier program by implementing a one-hour seminar.
Objectives :
It aimed to (1) equip cluster nurses with the fundamental knowledge necessary for intermediate-level of EBP training; (2) evaluate the program’s effectiveness on nurses’ knowledge and understanding towards EBP.
Methodology :
To make the program successful, ‘EBP Made Easy’ was taken as the main theme to guide developing the seminar content.
To facilitate staff convenience, identical one-hour seminars were conducted in 4 cluster hospitals between August and September in 2019, and all training materials can be retrieved via the intranet.
To help staff comprehend the knowledge and learn skills easily, the way of making clinical inquiry, applying EBP principles and searching through hospital EBP resources e.g. eKG, UpToDate, etc was elaborated by live demonstration and by pre-shooting videos of different case scenarios happening in daily work.
The seminar was evaluated by having the participants answering the same set of quiz that was derived from the themes of content prior to and after the seminar. A satisfaction survey was used to collect and evaluate participants’ feedback to the program.
Result & Outcome :
Totally 222 nurses completed the seminar. At pre-test, only 7 participants correctly answered all five questions, 121 (54.5%) got 3 or more answers right. At post-test, 64.9% showed improvement including 41.4% answering all correct and 76.1% answering 3 or more correct. There were statistically significant improvements in 4 out of 5 questions (Range of McNemar values 7 to 64, p< 0.05). 92.7% of nurses responded to the satisfaction survey and the mean rating was consistently above 5 of a 6-point Likert scale in each evaluation item in all hospitals. Participants’ comments were enthusiastic and positive. Conclusion The first-tier EBP program with a one-hour seminar proves effective in boosting nurses’ fundamental knowledge and skill about EBP application. Highly reported high satisfaction and positive feedback from participants reassure our moving on for the next level of training.
