TY - JOUR AU - Abuadas, Mohammad H PY - 2021/12/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Correlates of evidence-based nursing practice among nurses in Saudi Arabia: A structural equation model JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 7 IS - 6 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.1803 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/1803 SP - 457-466 AB - <p><strong>Background</strong>: Consideration needs to be given to variables that impact the application of evidence-based nursing practice.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: This study aimed to generate and validate a structural model of factors predictive of evidence-based nursing practice.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used, with 612 registered nurses in the southern area of Saudi Arabia selected using&nbsp;a convenience sampling procedure. Data&nbsp;were collected during&nbsp;the period&nbsp;from November 2019 to January 2020 using valid&nbsp;and reliable questionnaires, including the novel Registered Nurses’ Competencies, Beliefs, Facilitators, Barriers, and Implementation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Evidence-based Practice Questionnaire. A structural equation modeling technique was used for data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: Evidence-based nursing practice&nbsp;was significantly influenced by nurses’&nbsp;competency, beliefs, barriers, and facilitators. 38.75%&nbsp;of&nbsp;the variance was explained by all factors. Specifically, nurses’ beliefs partially mediated the relationship between nurses’ competency and the evidence-based&nbsp;application of nursing practice. In addition, the relationship between&nbsp;nurses’ beliefs and evidence-based application&nbsp;of nursing&nbsp;practice was partially mediated by organizational facilitators. Nurses’ competency and beliefs were significantly influenced by attending the workshop, education level, years of experience, and previous research work.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The current&nbsp;study highlights&nbsp;the significant&nbsp;effect of personal and&nbsp;organizational variables toward&nbsp;the application of evidence-based&nbsp;nursing practice.</p> ER -