Quality Improvement Resources - EBP - Evidence Based Practice for Graduate Students

Featured QI Book

Quality and Safety in Nursing by Gwen Sherwood (Editor); Jane Barnsteiner (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119151678
Publication Date: 2017-04-17
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Quality Improvement by Anita Finkelman
ISBN: 9781284105544
Publication Date: 2017-02-02
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Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing: Quality Improvement, Research, and Practice by Jacqueline Fawcett
ISBN: 9780826180056
Publication Date: 2016-10-01

QI Guide on Improved Nursing Care
From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. "The goal is to deliver safe, high-quality health care to patients in all clinical settings. You can use the information in this guide to help improve quality of care across settings and at multiple levels."

Research	Quality improvement
Form and test hypotheses	Focus on systems and processes
Systematically study a problem of interest following a structured protocol	Establish measures to determine if a specific change actually leads to an improvement in systems and processes
Collect, analyze, and interpreter the findings of data collection	Analyze data to improve systems related to processes and outcomes (ie, cost, productivity, quality)
Disseminate the findings	Use the findings to improve quality of care

Clarifying the Conundrum: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, or Research? The Clinical Scholarship Continuum
See p. 269 (Table 1) for a table that provides examples of evidence-based practice projects, quality improvement efforts, and research studies.

Carter, E. J., Mastro, K., Vose, C., Rivera, R., & Larson, E. L. (2017). Clarifying the Conundrum: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, or Research? The Clinical Scholarship Continuum. Journal Of Nursing Administration, 47(5), 266-270.
Nursing Research, Quality Improvement, and Evidence‐Based Practice: The Key to Perioperative Nursing Practice
Baker JD. (2017). Nursing Research, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice: The Key to Perioperative Nursing Practice. AORN J. 2017 Jan;105(1):3-5.