Integration of evidence-based practice in hospital nursing practice: A grounded theory study of clinical nurses' and their ward leaders' challenges and patterns of behaviour

Abstract

Background: In order to improve quality of care, patient safety, and disease outcomes, nurses and other healthcare professionals are requested to integrate evidence-based practice into their daily work. Despite extensive research aimed at facilitating evidence-based practice, it has not been sufficiently integrated into the nursing workplace. Several studies have focused on the determinants that facilitate or hinder the integration process. Fewer studies have focused on the process of integrating evidence-based practice into daily work. Thus, additional research regarding clinical nurses’ and their leaders’ challenges in integrating evidence-based practice, and the strategies used to resolve these challenges, is needed.