Changes in nurse job outcomes after 4 years of a Best Practice Spotlight Organization® programme implementation in the Spanish National Health Context

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the changes produced after the application of the Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO® ) Program on the attitude towards the evidence-based practice, the nurses' perception of the organisational climate and nurse outcomes in a health area of the Spanish National Health System.

Background: There is limited research that associates strategies of evidence-based practice implementation with changes on the work environment and nurse outcomes.

Methods: Cross-sectional study that compared data on the nurses' perception of the work environment. Five guidelines were implemented between 2012 and 2015 in a health area. Data were collected in 2012 and 2016/2017, using a questionnaire consisting of five previously validated tools. X2 , t test, ANOVA and multivariate analysis were carried out.

Results: A total of 451 nurses participated. Compared with the baseline evaluation in 2012, several outcomes changed significantly (p < .001), nurses were younger and were more satisfied with "salary", "annual leaves" and "sick leave". The rest of the nurse outcomes were not modified.

Conclusions: Nurses' perception of the work environment is favourable, although the application of the BPSO® Program has not produced any major changes.

Implications for nursing management: Measures are suggested that are oriented towards the planning of staffing and the increase in the participation of the nursing staff in programmes of implementation of guidelines.