PICOT Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Quality Improvement (QI) Research

1. The three concepts of evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI) and research often overlap. Please describe these three concepts’ differences and similarities.
2. Describe the philosophical beliefs that drive quantitative research (positivists paradigm). How do these philosophical beliefs shape quantitative research?
3. Think of a clinical problem and try posting it here in the form of a Patient or Population (P), Intervention (I), Comparison (C) and Outcomes (O) (PICO) format. Remember, not every PICO question has to have a C or a comparison group.
4. How do we establish scientific rigor in quantitative research? Why is this important?
5. What are the philosophical beliefs that drive qualitative research? How do they differ from quantitative research? How do we establish rigor in qualitative research?
6. There is much confusion on the meaning and interactions of theories, frameworks and models. What do each of these concepts mean and how do they provide a framework for nursing practice?