Context: Delivering high-quality care that improves patients' health outcomes necessitates using evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP).
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of implementing evidence-based nursing practice guidelines related to postpartum care on
maternity nurses' performance.
Methods: One group (pre/post-test) is studied in a quasi-experimental study. The study was carried out at the postnatal unit of the Obstetrics
and Gynecology department of Benha University Hospital. A convenient sample included all maternity nurses working in the previously
mentioned setting. Three tools are used for data collection: A self-administered questionnaire includes an assessment of socio-demographic
characteristics of the studied maternity nurses, an assessment of maternity nurses' knowledge regarding evidence-based practices about
postpartum care, an observational checklist regarding evidence-based nursing practice during the postpartum period, and barriers scale of
nurses in implementing evidence-based practices.
Results: The study revealed a mean nurses' age of 33.6±9.867, and 55.4% had baccalaureate degrees in nursing sciences. 60% of them
depend on the internet as a source of information. The present study findings a highly statistically significant difference between preintervention, immediate post-intervention, and follow-up (p |
