Evidence-based nursing practices have proved to improve the outcome of medical care. Due to this increase in outcomes, medical facilities have been emphasizing the use of evidence-based practices to increase the quality of nursing care being provided. Although it seems relatively straightforward to implement this strategy, there are numerous barriers that need to be overcome (DiCenso, 2005). The first barrier is the resistance from nurses. Since they are already overburdened, they do not have the time to study theory and implement it in their practices. They prefer to base their nursing care on the experience they ...