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The following chapters have been sourced or adapted from other sources and may have different licences.

Introducing the challenge of quality in health care

“Quality care” in Leadership and Management of Nursing Care by Kim Belcik and Open Resources for Nursing, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

The need for ethics in research and quality practice

“Research Ethics” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Research on human participants: An historical look” in Research Methods, Data Collection and Ethics by Valerie Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Guiding ethical principles” in An Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology by Valerie A. Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Developing a quality improvement question

“Question Frameworks” in Evidence Based Practice by Carrie Wade, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Types of Research Questions” and in Applying Research in Practice by Duy Nguyen, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“The Literature Review” in An introduction to research methods in sociology (2019) by Valerie A. Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted, which was adapted from Chapter 8.4 in Principles of Sociological Inquiry, which was adapted by the Saylor Academy without attribution to the original authors or publisher, as requested by the licensor, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

“Components of the Literature Review” in An Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology  by Valerie A. Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Designing Effective Survey Questions” in An Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology (2019) by Valerie A. Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted, which was been adapted from Chapter 8.4 in Principles of Sociological Inquiry, which was adapted by the Saylor Academy without attribution to the original authors or publisher, as requested by the licensor. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

“Quality and evidence-based practice introduction” in “Leadership and Management of Nursing Care” by Kim Belcik and Open Resources for Nursing, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Admitted patient safety” by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, unless otherwise noted.

Research frameworks – Qualitative

“The two main research types: A brief overview” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Key concepts in qualitative research” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Exploration, Description, Explanation” in “An Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology by Valerie A. Sheppard, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. It was adapted from Chapter 5.1 in Principles of Sociological Inquiry, which was adapted by the Saylor Academy without attribution to the original authors or publisher, as requested by the licensor, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

Research frameworks – Quantitative

“Reading and appraising research articles: Key concepts in quantitative research” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Key concepts in quantitative research” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Sampling, data collection, and data analysis in quantitative research” in Evidence-Based Practice and Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Part II: Data analysis methods in quantitative research” in Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methodologies by Tracy Fawns, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Healthcare quality improvement frameworks for patients and organisations

“Evidence-based practice and research” in Leadership and management of nursing care” (2022) by Kim Belcik and Open Resources for Nursing, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Chapter 9 – Quality and evidence-based practice” in Nursing management and professional concepts (2022), Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN); Ernstmeyer K. Christman E. (Eds.) Eau Claire (WI): Chippewa Valley Technical College, licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Critical appraisal” in Evidence Based Practice by Carrie Wade, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Scientific posters

Chapters from the “Parts of a poster” section in Scientific Posters: A Learner’s Guide by Ella Weaver, Kylienne A. Shaul, Henry Griffy; and Brian H. Lower, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

“Poster Presentations” in Practicing and Presenting Social Research by Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.