Determination of Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Practice and Affecting Factors

AIM: The research was conducted to determine nurses’ attitudes toward evidence-based practices and the affecting factors.

METHODS: This research was planned as descriptive and cross-sectional. The sample of the research consisted of 275 nurses actively working in a university hospital. A “Personal Information Form” and “Attitude Toward Evidence-Based Nursing Questionnaire” were used to collect the data. Frequency, percentage, kurtosis, skewness, t-test, ANOVA, Tukey, LSD tests, (The Least Significant Difference) and multiple regression analysis were used to evaluate the data.

RESULTS: It was found that mean scores of the nurses were 67.856 Å} 7.754 for “total attitude toward evidence-based nursing,” 32.530 Å} 3.617 for “beliefs and expectations toward evidence-based nursing,”17.383 Å} 2.711 for “evidence-based practice intention,” and 17.944 Å} 3.039 for “feelings about evidencebased nursing.” The total score of those who worked on shifts was 66.159 Å} 8.003. The total score of those who followed professional publications on the attitude toward evidence-based nursing questionnaire was 69.141 Å} 7.489.

CONCLUSION: It was determined that nurses’ attitudes toward evidence-based practices were positive, shift work reduced the attitude level, and following professional publications increased the attitude level.

Cite this article as: Bodu., N., Karadede, .., & Budak, B. (2026). Determination of nurses’ attitudes towards evidence-based practice and affecting factors. Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing. 34, 0250, doi:10.5152/FNJN.2026.24250.