NRS 4100 EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE

This course will empower future nurses with essential skills in locating, critically appraising, translating, and contributing to the scholarly foundation of nursing as a discipline. Based in Boyer’s model of scholarship, students will participate in mentored projects that contribute to application, integration, or discovery within nursing theory or practice.

Credits

4 sh

Course Types

Nursing

Offered

• Summer

Notes

Placement ABSN Summer I. Pre-requisites NRS 2000, NRS 2100, NRS 2200, NRS 2300, NRS 2400, NRS 3100, NRS 3200, NRS 3300, NRS 3400, NRS 4000. NRS Corequisite: NRS 4200, NRS 4300. BSN Spring IV Pre-requisites NRS 2000, NRS 2100, NRS 2200. NRS 3100, NRS 3200, NRS 3300, NRS 3400. Corequisites NRS 4600, NRS 4800. Course Types: Nursing; Clinical.

1. 1. Compare and contrast types of scholarship that inform nursing practice.
2. 2. Analyze various research designs typically used in health sciences, including quantitative and qualitative approaches.
3. 3. Apply the tenets of evidence-based medicine through critical appraisal.
4. 4. Utilize systematic processes to critically review scholarly work for application to nursing practice.
5. 5. Contribute to a mentored, scholarly project to advance nursing theory or practice.