2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

NU 365 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

This course prepares students to discover, examine, and critically appraise current evidence in nursing and healthcare. Students develop skills needed to identify research questions in practice, analyze existing evidence, and develop strategies to integrate best current research with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values. Parameters for making a recommendation for an evidence-based practice change that enhances safety and promotes quality improvement is discussed. Students will conduct a literature search to identify and appraise current research to determine best practice related to a specific clinical question.

A prerequisite or co-requisite to NU 370 and NU 360

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Prerequisite or Co-requisite to NU 330 Care of the Childbearing Family, NU 340 Introduction to Adult Nursing, NU 360 Adult Nursing II, NU 370 Nursing Leadership, and MA 131 Statistics for Decision-Making

Corequisite

Prerequisite or Co-requisite to NU 330 Care of the Childbearing Family, NU 340 Introduction to Adult Nursing, NU 360 Adult Nursing II, NU 370 Nursing Leadership, and MA 131 Statistics for Decision-Making