Potluck
Quality and Performance Improvement
Evidence Based Practice
Research
CVICU Projects
100
This process is intertwined with research, quality improvement, and evidence based practice.
What is the nursing process?
100
Plan, do, and study are the first 3 steps in the QAPI process. The 4th step involves making the plan permanent or studying adjustments.
What is Act?
100
In evidence based practice, this type of question is used to identify common clinical problems.
What is a PICOt question?
100
During the nursing research process, the nurse researcher gains approval from this group.
What is the Institutional Review Board?
100
The project regarding the emergent sternotomy process utilized this.
What is evidence based practice?
200
The 5 A’s.
What is the evidence based practice process?
200
This type of quality improvement initiative is effective in getting charting up to date when used in a timely and appropriate way.
What are best practice alerts?
200
This process is done to acquire knowledge regarding a certain topic.
What is a literature review?
200
In this type of study, the investigator is looking to determine cause and effect.
What is quantitative study?
200
The project to reduce skin tears in patients with open chests was an example of this.
What is quality improvement? (Will accept what is evidence based practice?)
300
A contact person who can help with your burning question.
Who is the clinical nurse specialist?
300
The role and influence of this person is drastically increasing in the realm of hospital quality improvement.
Who is the nurse?
300
Following the literature review and critique of articles, this is created.
What is an evidence table?
300
During research, this person is given the responsibility of managing and maintaining the study design, conduct, collaborative relationships, funding, and compliance.
What is the PI?
300
The project regarding quiet time for patients in critical care units is an example of this.
What is research?
400
This process involves nurse sensitive indicators.
What is quality improvement?
400
This process looks at identifying the causal chain of events in a situation, event, or problem.
What is a root cause analysis?
400
This EBP model was designed by an academic medical center.
What is the IOWA model?
400
This type of evidence is obtained through senses; particularly observation and experimentation.
What is empirical?
400
The project “An Approach to Preventing Pressure Ulcers in the Critically Ill” was an example of this.
What is quality improvement?
500
The purpose of this is to generate or gain new knowledge.
What is research?
500
This performance improvement model uses a data-driven approach and is also symbolized by a number and Greek letter.
What is Six Sigma?
500
This level 1 type of evidence is a small, straightforward set of practices, when performed collectively and reliably, have been proven to improve patient outcomes.
What is a bundle?
500
This print or online media venue is an important forum for clinicians/providers to share their learning and experiences.
What is a research journal?
500
In the quality review project regarding unavoidable pressure ulcers in the CVICU this type of methodology was used.
What is a retrospective chart audit?