NSG 307 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

This course focuses on evidence-based nursing practice and how it is used to improve patient care. Emphasis is on preparing students to effectively locate, critically evaluate, and disseminate the best available research evidence for nursing practice. The fundamentals of the research process, role of the nurse as researcher and research consumer, and methods of searching for evidence, critically evaluating research reports, principles of quantitative and qualitative research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and legal/ethical considerations are addressed. A writing-intensive course.

Credits

3

Offered

SPRING