Nursing Students' Competencies in Evidence Based Practice

Background: The world of nursing is growing and nurses are requiring being proficiencies and establishing their professional responsibility in health care services, especially in giving their best intervention for the wellness of their patients. Therefore, the nursing students are requiring earlier becoming competence in application of Evidence based practice learning during the education period. Objectives: This study aims to determine the competencies in term of knowledge, attitudes and skills in Evidence based practice among nursing students in STIKES Suaka Insan Banjarmasin. Methods: This study administered quantitative and qualitative research design by using 3 variables; knowledge, skill, and attitude. Results: The competencies in Evidence based practice among nursing students in STIKES Suaka Insan Banjarmasin are mostly in moderate high category about 35 respondents (66,03%), mean score 83 and SD 8,80 with the following: Knowledge of EBP among nursing students are in the most high score is in category of moderate high about 44 respondents (83,01%), mean score 21,54 and SD 2,15; Skill of EBP the most higher score is in category of moderate high about 41 respondents (77,35%), mean score 20,22 and SD 3,46; and Attitude toward EBP the most higher score is in high category about 27 respondents (50,94%), mean score 4,22 and SD 4,83. Conclusion: The competencies in Evidence based practice among nursing students in STIKES Suaka Insan Banjarmasin with highest component is the attitude, follow with knowledge and the lowest component is skill of EBP. Therefore, a lot of program requiring need to developing and establishing nursing student capability in EBP during their education time.