Examines the essential elements of, and process for, evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. Students will learn how to access, appraise, and utilize both quantitative and qualitative research and other sources of evidence to make informed clinical decisions that improve patient safety and quality of care.
Acceptance to a BSN pathway program.
Course Learning Outcomes
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Utilize reliable evidence to inform and support clinical decisions which shape healthcare delivery and policy.
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Utilize reliable evidence to inform and support clinical decisions which shape healthcare delivery and policy.
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Utilize reliable evidence to inform and support clinical decisions which shape healthcare delivery and policy.
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Evaluate professional core values and behaviors that reflect baccalaureate nursing practice.
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Evaluate professional core values and behaviors that reflect baccalaureate nursing practice.
Core Topics
- Nursing research and evidence-based practice
- Qualitative and quantitative research and application to practice
- Legal and ethical issues in research
- Research questions, purposes, and hypotheses
- Literature review and electronic database search strategies
- Levels of evidence
- Theoretical frameworks for research
- Populations and samples in research
- Statistics in research
- Outcomes research, action research, community based participatory research, translational research, and implementation science
- Dissemination methods