A Global Approach to Promoting Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge: Validating the Translated Version of the Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge Assessment in Nursing Into Spanish

• Published in: Worldviews on evidence-based nursing Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 440
• Main Authors: Nick, Jan M, Wonder, Amy H, Suero, Alfa R, Spurlock, Darrell
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Dominican Republic; Educational Status; Evidence-Based Practice; Female; Humans; Internationality; Knowledge; Male; Middle Aged; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Psychometrics - methods; Psychometrics - standards; Reproducibility of Results; Students, Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Translating; Dominican Republic; EBP; global nursing; EKAN; curriculum assessment; reliability; objective measurement; psychometrics; validity; back-translation; Rasch Analysis
• ISSN: 1741-6787
• DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12327

Government and professional organizations have issued a call for evidence-based practice (EBP), prompting the development of competencies and expectations for knowledge, skills, and attitudes. However, EBP is still inconsistently implemented. To advance the science of nursing globally, educators and...