Elham Sepahvand - Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
Kobra Ghorbanzadeh - Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, ,khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Ardebill, Iran

Introduction: Nurses as a member of the treatment team, is needed in the care of the patient use the best available evidence and valid research results in their performance. This paper compares the knowledge, attitude and practice of evidence-base at Tehran, Semnan and Lorestan University of Medical Sciences in ۲۰۱۷.Methods: This descriptive- analytic study of ۵۲۴ nurses in selected hospitals of semnan, Lorestan and Tehran University of medical sciences in terms of knowledge, attitude and practice of evidence-based evaluated. Evidence-based practice questionnaire with demographic information and three dimensions of knowledge, attitude and practice of evidence-based is used. The collected data were entered into SPSS version ۱۶ and analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistics (ANOVA and Pierson correlation).Results: In this study, evidence-based practice in nurses of Lorestan and Semnan with Tehran University of Medical Sciences was difference (P < ۰.۰۰۰۱). The relationship significant was between sex, age, experience of work and evidence-base practice, however the relationship between education level and evidence-based practice was not significant.Conclusions: According to the results, evidence-based practice in nurses of Semnan and Lorestan was more than Tehran. By implementing the principles of nursing based on evidence, it is possible to reduce the distance between nursing research and practice, use the results of clinical research and improve the quality of care, thereby enhancing the autonomy of nursing identity.

Nurse, Evidence- based Care, Practice