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Literature Review: A Self-Guided Tutorial for NUR 288

For NUR 288 Library Research for the QI Project

Identify the Question

Identify the question

In most cases, such as for a course assignment or a quality improvement project, it is up to you to write your research question. Here are steps to help you explore questions on your own. 

A few suggestions:

  Choose a topic that interests you! You'll be spending a lot of time with it. For the QI Project, you are to select a observe your clinical site and identify one quality improvement that focuses on patient safety and cost.

  Explore your topic using your textbooks, reference books, and articles and by consulting with your professor. For your QI Project, explore a topic by consulting with your clinical site clinician.

  Be open to tweaking your research question as you gather more information.

Research Question

Developing a Research Question