NURS 354 - Research in Nursing

3 credits
3 hours per week. 3 lecture hours.

This course introduces the concept of evidenced based nursing practice or translating research-based evidence into practice. Use of the research process to define clinical research problems and determination of the applicability to clinical decision-making are presented. Appropriate methods of analysis used in research are presented and data analysis techniques are applied to published research articles. Students will analyze the scientific merit of quantitative and qualitative research reports with an emphasis on application to and implication for evidence-based nursing practice. Contemporary trends and legal and ethical issues guiding the research process will also be covered.

Prerequisite(s) NURS 300 and NURS 301 and NURS 350 and NURS 351 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)