The Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) guidelines provide some guidance on the evaluation of quality improvement efforts. They are used as both grant proposal and manuscri

One of the tools used to evaluate quality improvement efforts is the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE). By description, SQUIRE is a told that provides a framework for reporting and presenting new knowledge on how to improve healthcare (Goodman et al., 2016).  The main purpose of SQUIRE guidelines is to allow for clear reporting that describe the system level work aimed at improving the quality, safety, and the value of healthcare. It is a technique that is crucial for establishing that observed outcomes are due to the intervention (Goodman et al., 2016).

 My project which was based on evaluating the impact of effect of early intervention and comparing it with late intervention on respiratory distress for infants born with meconium aspiration at an inner-city hospital fits into the SQUIRE guidelines because it had almost all the sections pointed out in the guideline (Goodman et al., 2016). The project had sections starting from the title, abstract which detailed the purpose of the paper, the method used and the result. There was also the introduction which included the literature review detailing what is already known about late and early interventions for respiratory distress.  The method used in the project was quasi-experimental interventional design. The project also provided a summary of the study including the result. Just like outlined by Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE), my project provided interpretation of the findings, including limitation and conclusion that can be drawn from the project (SQUIRE, 2017).

A quality improvement is concerned with efficient, patient centered, efficient and effective processes and outcomes (Gregory, 2015).The project was a quality improvement project because the aim was to determine the impact of effect of early intervention and comparing it with late intervention on respiratory distress for infants born with meconium aspiration at an inner-city hospital. The data was analyzed to determine which of this intervention improve the outcomes of for those infant with respiratory distress.

Reference

Goodman, D., Foster, T. C., Ogrinc, G., Davies, L., Baker, G. R., Barnsteiner, J., Gali, K., ... Thor, J. (December 01, 2016). Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence) Guidelines, V.2.0: Examples of SQUIRE elements in the healthcare improvement literature. Bmj Quality and Safety, 25, 12.

SQUIRE. (2017). Revised standards for quality improvement reporting excellence: SQUIRE 2.0. Retrieved from http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471.

Gregory, K. E. ( 2015). Differentiating between research and quality improvement. The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 29, 2.)