In a study presented by Cleary‐Holdforth et al. (2021), the researchers conducted a nationwide survey in order to define the overall clinical professionals’ beliefs in terms of evidence-based practice (EBP) and the value and likelihood of its implementation. The strength of the article is its explicit demonstration of the guidelines for implementing EBP in the clinical environment based on the clinicians’ feedback and fears associated with the implementation. On the other hand, the study does not present any empirical evidence that justifies the efficiency of these guidelines. Hence, the study by Cleary‐Holdforth et al. (2021) does not provide sufficient evidence for the practice change suggested.
The research demonstrated by Galanis et al. (2021) is focused on the peculiarities of the nurses’ burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that such an emotionally and physically challenging environment was associated with a variety of burnout risk factors. The limitation of this study regarding the practice change is the fact that it does not directly concern the idea of nurses’ self-awareness, sense of accomplishment, and EBP as a means of presenting the change. However, since the practice change is related to the notion is burnout prevention, the study gives assistance in understanding this condition and its impact on the nursing practice as a whole, presenting compilated evidence from various empirical sources.
The study by Rodríguez-Nogueira et al. (2021) is arguably one of the most important in the context of the practice change discussed, as it dwells on the correlation between the nurses’ burnout and their level of EBP awareness and implementation. The research reveals that nurses who are not engaged in EBP activities lack a sense of personal accomplishment, which is a significant contributor to the nurses’ well-being and motivation. Hence, the advantage of this study is its connection to the topic of practice change and the empirical nature of the research. The paper, however, does not provide any insights into the ways to deal with the lack of EBP implementation and education in the settings.
In the paper by Rusca (2019), the focus is placed on the level of burnout among general hospital nurses and the factors associated with burnout. The cross-sectional survey reveals a high concentration of burnout syndrome across nurses, indicating the issues of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of accomplishment as contributing factors. The study is valuable to the practice change because it demonstrates the prevalence of burnout in a general hospital, a setting of interest to the project. The flaw of this paper, however, is characterized by the lack of mentioning EBP as a related factor.
The research by Weheida et al. (2018) presents the issue of the practice change from the opposite angle, stating that the higher nursing burnout rates contribute to the lower ability to implement EBP across the setting. Hence, this study has the advantage of demonstrating the implications of both burnout and lack of EBP using empirical evidence. Simultaneously, the research does not dwell on the guidelines to address this issue.
Finally, the study by Yoo et al. (2019) aims at revealing the factors that serve as a barrier to introducing EBP to the nursing practice. According to the study, these barriers included a lack of EBP knowledge and organizational readiness to implement the practices. The study presents a significant advantage to the practice change by indicating the areas to work on during the educational intervention. On the other hand, the study does not demonstrate any potential benefits of implementing EBP for the nurses’ well-being.
References
Cleary‐Holdforth, J., O’Mathúna, D., & Fineout‐Overholt, E. (2021). Evidence‐based practice beliefs, implementation, and organizational culture and readiness for EBP among nurses, midwives, educators, and students in the Republic of Ireland. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 18(6), 379-388. Web.
Galanis, P., Vraka, I., Fragkou, D., Bilali, A., & Kaitelidou, D. (2021). Nurses’ burnout and associated risk factors during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(8), 3286-3302. Web.
Rodríguez-Nogueira, Ó., Leirós-Rodríguez, R., Pinto-Carral, A., Álvarez-Álvarez, M., Morera-Balaguer, J., & Moreno-Poyato, A. R. (2021). Examining the association between evidence-based practice and burnout among Spanish physical therapists: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(8), 805. Web.
Rusca, K. (2019). Prevalence of burnout syndrome among nurses in general hospitals in provincial East Java: Cross-sectional study. Enfermeria Clinica, 29, 362-366. Web.
Weheida, S. M., Al-Metyazidy, H. A., & Abou Ramadan, A. H. (2018). Relationship between nurses’ burnout and implemented evidence-based guidelines in intensive care units. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 7(2), 27-35. Web.
Yoo, J. Y., Kim, J. H., Kim, J. S., Kim, H. L., & Ki, J. S. (2019). Clinical nurses’ beliefs, knowledge, organizational readiness and level of implementation of evidence-based practice: The first step to creating an evidence-based practice culture. PloS One, 14(12). Web.