THE EFFECT OF EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING TRAINING ON NURSING STUDENTS' ABILITY IN EXECUTIVE SKILLS OF NURSING PROCESS

Nursing process is the important pivot of nursing, and it is an icon of the art and
science application in the prevention of disease and promotion and maintaining of health. The aim of
this study was to examine the impact of evidence-based nursing education in executive skill of nursing
process among Khoy faculty of nursing students.
Methods & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 40 students in Khoy faculty of
nursing with convenience sampling and then randomly divided into two groups: control (20), and
intervention (20). We provided a workshop as two sessions in two hours associated with team work and
critical thinking practices for experiment group. We do not provide any intervention in control group.
They were evaluated how to write a nursing process, before the intervention, by providing the scenario
and after the intervention on patient care at the bedside, by using a check list. To determine the validity
of the checklist, the formal and content validity and reliability of the Cronbach's alpha (α= 0.75) and
test-retest (r=0.70) were used. The data were analyzed by using independent T test and paired T test of
SPSS software.
Results: The mean age of students was 22.16 ± 1.23. The results of independent T test showed that there
was no significant relationship between two group before intervention (p<0.05). The results of paired T
test showed that educational workshop was effective in students' executive skill of nursing process
(p<0.05).
Conclusion: Regarding to the impact of training in executive skills of nursing process, it is
recommended that patients care in educational centers provided by using nursing process and evidence
- based nursing. It can cause to improve the quality of nursing care and effectiveness in gaining
professional autonomy and enhancement of nurses' capabilities.