Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Reporting Guidelines.
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2026-01
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Clarity in the accurate reporting of evidence-based practice quality improvement (EBPQI) initiatives is essential to support sustainable, scalable change in clinical settings.Problem
While there are separate reporting guidelines for evidence-based practice (EBP) and quality improvement (QI), there is currently no available reporting guideline for EBPQI initiatives that comprehensively combines the 2 types of inquiry.Approach
This article introduces a new EBPQI reporting guideline grounded in the Mountain Model for EBPQI and aligned with a previously published EBPQI critical appraisal instrument. The 19-item guideline uses the IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) structure and includes specific, pragmatic guidance for reporting internal and external evidence, iterative tests of change, SMART aims, and QI-appropriate analysis methods.Conclusion
This new guideline provides instruction for clinicians, researchers, and students in how to report robust EBPQI initiatives.Type
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Reynolds, Staci S, Julee B Waldrop and Jayne Jennings Dunlap (2026). Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Reporting Guidelines. Journal of nursing care quality, 41(1). pp. 17–21. 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000912 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/33819.
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Staci Reynolds
Dr. Staci Reynolds is a Clinical Professor at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON). At DUSON, Dr. Reynolds primarily teaches in the DNP program. Previously, she clinically served as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at Duke University Hospital within the neuroscience inpatient units and Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology department. In January 2023, Dr. Reynolds was appointed the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality. Before coming to DUSON, she was a neurocritical care nurse and a neuroscience CNS at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital.
Dr. Reynolds received a baccalaureate degree in nursing science from Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned a Master’s degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at IU in 2011, and completed her PhD at IU in May 2016. Dr. Reynolds’ current scholarship interests include evidence-based practice implementation and evaluation, and she is an expert in quality improvement.
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