Dr. McNett has spent the majority of her career working with nurses across health systems to critically evaluate data to inform best practices. She has led international guideline development groups in critically synthesizing the research literature to generate meaningful practice recommendations, and works with leadership teams in health systems to apply findings to practice and create infrastructures for ongoing monitoring of outcomes. She has served on a variety of task forces to delineate the differences between research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practices, and ensure protections of all types of data.