Grand Canyon University
NUR 630
Performance Improvement and Quality in Health Care
Topic 1 Discussion Question 1:
You are assigned to a quality team on a rehabilitation floor where patient falls are on the rise. What
strategy would be best to approach this issue—quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or
research? Support your choice with one or two examples and one or two references.
All three approaches are appropriate. To begin, an evidence-based practice (EBP) approach is taken. EBP
would begin with asking the question, “How can we prevent falls on the rehabilitation floor?” After
asking the question, steps are taken to appraise the literature and identify strategies that are evidence-
NUR 630
Performance Improvement and Quality in Health Care
Topic 1 Discussion Question 1:
You are assigned to a quality team on a rehabilitation floor where patient falls are on the rise. What
strategy would be best to approach this issue—quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or
research? Support your choice with one or two examples and one or two references.
All three approaches are appropriate. To begin, an evidence-based practice (EBP) approach is taken. EBP
would begin with asking the question, “How can we prevent falls on the rehabilitation floor?” After
asking the question, steps are taken to appraise the literature and identify strategies that are evidence-
