Inquiring Minds
Typically uses a PDSA type of cycle
What is quality improvement?
I need to improve a process or an outcome!
What is quality improvement?
The lowest level of evidence in the hierarchy of scientific evidence.
What is an editorial or expert opinion?
An important first step to understand what is already known about a particular problem or issue.
What is conducting a literature search?
The question is often phrased in a PICOT format.
What is an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) project?
I see a gap in what is known and want to address it.
What is research?
True or False: A Cohort study is a higher level of evidence than a case series.
TRUE
A cohort study will have a comparison group without the event of interest to which the study group can be compared while the case series just reports on all the patients with the event of interest.
A document used to describe the observed problem, background, why it is important, clinical question, method for studying the problem, analysis plan and dissemination plan.
What is a project proposal?
An informed consent to participate is always required.
What is a research study?
I need to do a project to finish my educational requirements as a DNP student.
What is a QI project.
The scientific evidence generated from this type of study has the lowest amount of risk of bias.
What is a randomized control trial (RCT)?
A table created to record and document key elements of the articles included in a literature search.
What is an evidence table?
Should not increase the risk of harm to the participants.
What is a QI project?
I need to see if the existing positive results in the literature will have the same results in our clinical setting.
What is an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) project?
Using this type of study to generate scientific evidence is most difficult type of study to conduct in the hospital setting.
What is a randomized clinical trial (RCT)?
CINAHL or PubMed
What are databases?
Often used to align current practice with new national guidelines.
What is an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) project.
My intent is to publish these study results in a scientific journal when the study is completed.
What is research?
The highest point in the hierarchy of scientific evidence.
What is a meta-analysis?
The person responsible for asking: "What does the current literature say about this problem or issue" or "Where are the articles on this topic".
Who is me?
Who am I? :-)