2019-2020 Catalog

NB473 Research in Nursing

Concepts related to the understanding of nursing research are presented. Integration of best evidence with clinical expertise is evaluated to understand the impact of nursing research in clinical practice. Discrimination of valid and non-valid research is discussed and challenged as a base to utilize best evidence in practice. Ethical standards and ethics in research are presented to support regulatory requirements, confidentiality in research collection, analysis, and dissemination, and patient privacy. A variety of teaching strategies are used to synthesize the baccalaureate nursing roles and evidence based practice to promote quality clinical practice and application of current nursing research trends to nursing practice. Classroom: 3 hours.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

'C' or above in MA243 or concurrent.