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What Type Of Project Is It? |
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Research | EBP | QI / Patient Safety |
| ⇒ Research: Beyond the "Get Started" |
⇒ EBP: Beyond the "Get Started" |
⇒ QI/PS: Beyond the "Get Started" |
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| Overall Description |
Generalizable, systematic, repeatable, scholarly Uses scientific methods to address a knowledge gap or validate (reproduce) previous results Not always conducted by persons directly responsible for patient care May or may not have results that can be used right away. |
Seeks out the best information to answer a patient care question. Combined with clinical experience and patient preferences they guide organizational policies and procedures. |
Evaluates current state of care for efficiency, quality, outcomes, productivity, costs. Looks at the data to make sure best practices or guidelines are being followed Not always done with the expectation of publishing. Usually results can be applied directly to patients.. |
| How Do I Formulate the Question? | Question Development | Question Development | Question Development |
| IRB Required? | Almost always | Probably not | No |
| Audience for Results |
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| What Do You Want To Know? | What is the best thing to do? | Are we doing the best thing? Is there new evidence we should use to update/change practice? | Are we doing the best thing on our unit, all the time? |
| What Prompted the Question? |
Identified a knowledge gap. |
We sought out, or became aware of, new evidence. |
Something failed or broke down in our processes or systems. |
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Sorting It Out |
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| Evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research: A visual model (Nursing, 2022 NOV) |