You are interested in nurses ' attitudes toward EBP. Which method do you think would work best to obtain this information: a questionnaire, a face-to-face interview, or a group interview? Defend your answer. Nursing research and evidence-based practice nursing sometimes begins, with a nursing research committee. Creating interest in nursing research is the first step to developing a nursing research committee or evidence practice council. Leadership need to give a push to increase participation for research and evidence-based practice in the units (Fowler, Leaton, Baxter, McTigue, & Snook, 2008).Written communication about nursing research posted in units can cause an interest, and recognition of nurses that is involved in research and evidence-based practice can raise the awareness among nurses. Having a nursing research committee or a council can help in generating an interest and be able to evaluate nurse 's attitudes towards evidence-based practice in nursing units.
In a study that was done about nurse’s attitudes nursing research, in a leading major institution in nursing research hospital in New York, that had 1700 nursing staff, it was noted that when a questionnaire was sent, only 470 returned and it represented 28% of the nursing force. (Smirnoff, Ramirez, Kooplimae, Gibney, & McEvoy, 2007).Study was done in 2000 in a tertiary hospital and was done with the help of nursing research committee. Questionnaires can reach a large group number, and the data can be compared with various institutions and be benchmarked by other organization. For collecting a survey in 2014, regarding evidence-based practice among nurses; I would like to use a questionnaire on the online survey, which can be sent to all the nurses in the hospital. Timeframe for collection of questionnaires needs to be notified to nurses. Generation of the nurses using computers has increased since 2000, because of the ease of study tools that can be used. As the audience is