NURSG 520 · EBP, QI, and Research: What Am I Actually Doing?

Guided Skim: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Research

This is a skimming companion for the Mount Sinai page Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Research: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter? Open the page side by side with this guide, skim it for about twenty minutes, then answer the four questions below in your own words — you can type here and print the finished guide, or print it blank and write by hand.

Before you go: start with Open side by side so the article sits on the right half of your screen and this guide stays on the left. You are skimming, not studying — move through the page once and capture the distinctions, not every detail. Nothing you type here is saved, so print the guide before you close the page.

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Reading side by side: Open side by side places the article on the right half of your screen. To snap this page to the left half, press Windows + ← on Windows, or drag this window to the left edge on a Mac and choose Tile Window to Left.

Not started — 4 questions to answer.

  1. How do research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice differ?

    • Research
    • QI
    • EBP

  2. What are the different types of health care data for, and what is each one meant to answer?

    • Purpose of data
    • Data types

  3. Why does context matter when you interpret results?

    • Context
    • Interpretation

  4. How do these distinctions change the decisions you make in practice?

    • Decision-making
    • Practice