NU 602 Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Care
This course builds on the content of Principles of Healthcare Research for Contemporary Nursing Practice (NU 601) and begins with principles inherent to a sound data collection and analysis, including both philosophical and pragmatic differences between qualitative and quantitative research. Content areas of substance include evidence-based practice, nursing theory in research, statistical analysis from the prospective of application and critique, research utilization, and issues in nursing and healthcare research from a national perspective. Students critique research articles according to criteria and develop a project related to evidence-based practice.