Appraising and Synthesizing for Evidence-Based Practice

Catalog description

Course enables student to determine 'best' practices by examining type and level of evidence; evaluating quality of literature and applicability to practice; benchmarking; and exploring/evaluating applicable resources and databases. Students propose clinical questions; search for evidence; appraise qualitative and quantitative research, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses; organize and synthesize results; and determine relevancy for translation into practice. Students focus on evaluating evidence related to their clinical problem and possible innovations that will develop into their DNP project. Students focus on writing and fundamentals of effective scholarly communication. Prerequisite: Graduate-level research methods and applied statistics courses