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Step 3: Critically Appraising Evidence: Quality Improvement Projects.

Susan Givens Bell
Published in: Neonatal network : NN (2023)
Critical appraisal of the literature is the third step in the evidence-based practice process. There are 2 types of Level VI evidence, such as single qualitative studies and quality improvement (QI) projects. The process for critical appraisal of a single qualitative study is the same as that for an appraisal of a systematic review or metasynthesis of qualitative studies, as described in a previous evidence-based practice column. This column will describe the critical appraisal of QI projects.
Keyphrases
  • quality improvement
  • patient safety
  • systematic review
  • high resolution
  • mass spectrometry