Elsevier Editorial System(tm) for Nurse Education Today Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: NET-D-09-00082R1 Title: PREDICTORS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, USE AND FUTURE USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AMONG BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS AT TWO UNIVERSITIES Article Type: Full Length Article Corresponding Author: Dr. Caroline Elizabeth Brown, DEd, CNS Corresponding Author's Institution: University of California, San Diego Medical Center First Author: Caroline E Brown, DEd, CNS, WHNP Order of Authors: Caroline E Brown, DEd, CNS, WHNP; Son C Kim, PhD, RN; Jaynelle F Stichler, DNSc, FAAN, FACHE; Willa Fields, DNSc, RN, FHIMSS Manuscript Region of Origin: UNITED STATES Abstract: Nursing students are strategically positioned to influence adoption of evidence-based practice within the nursing profession. The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of knowledge, attitudes, use and future use of evidence-based practice among baccalaureate nursing students at two universities. A cross-sectional survey design was used to study a convenience sample of 436 nursing students (response rate of 63.3%) enrolled at two baccalaureate nursing programs at the beginning of 2007 fall semester in the United States. The surveys included demographic questionnaire and Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Questionnaire for Evidence-Based Practice. EBP Knowledge, Attitudes toward EBP and Future Use of EBP subscales demonstrated statistically significant increase in mean scores with advancing academic levels. Confidence in clinical decision- making and clinical preparedness had moderate positive correlation with EBP Use and Future use of EBP. Simultaneous multiple regression analyses indicated that the clinical preparedness and confidence in clinical decision making were statistically significant predictor variables for EBP use and Future use of EBP. Clinically well-prepared nursing students with high confidence in clinical decision making are most likely to use evidence-based practice, both in the present and the future.