Nursing Journal Club as a Tool to Facilitate Evidence-Based Practice: Participant’s Feedback

Abstract

"Background and aim: Nursing journal clubs have a proven value in nursing education and continuing education, which has expanded widely in the promotion of evidence-based clinical care in recent years. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical nursing journal clubs from the viewpoints of nurses. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted from July 2019- October 2020. This study was conducted in two phases, consisting of designing the format and flowchart and implementing nursing journal clubs and the second phase was evaluation. Results: Format and executive flowchart prepared by the research team and reviewed and approved in the group. In terms of evaluation, minimum (33) and maximum (165) scores with a mean± SD total score of 123.49 ± 19.91 calculated for nursing journal clubs indicate an optimum quality. Conclusions: The qualities of nursing journal clubs were evaluated to be favorable. Accordingly, authorities and planners should consider appropriate actions to facilitate Nursing journal clubs, such as credit points in rank promotion for faculty members, and inclusive in continuing education privileges for nurses, to adapt these activities to the roles of the clinical faculty and the benefits of this educational method in nursing. "