Practice Question
A nurse is participating in a project aimed at reducing client wait times in the emergency department. They ask whether the project qualifies as research. Which statement best explains why this project is considered quality improvement and not research?
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Correct Answer:
Quality improvement projects are designed to improve internal processes and outcomes within a specific organization.
Rationale:
🟦 Quality Improvement (QI) focuses on enhancing systems, workflow, safety, and outcomes within one organization, not producing new generalizable knowledge.
🟦 QI projects aim to fix local problems, such as long wait times, medication delays, or communication inefficiencies.
🟦 Unlike research, QI does not seek to develop new theory or produce findings that apply broadly to other settings.
🟦 Because QI is operational and practice-focused, it typically does not require IRB review and is not categorized as research.
❌ Incorrect Options
❌ Describes research, not QI.
❌ IRB review is for research, not routine QI.
❌ QI normally does not require informed consent.
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: Examplify Exam(s)
- Domain: Leadership
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