Nursing Research for Advanced Nursing Practice

Catalog description

Critical appraisal of the role of nursing research and research methods of inquiry in the development of nursing theory and practice. Qualitative and quantitative research methods; research designs; measurement theory and strategies; methods of data analysis; read, critique and write research reports; ethics, application of research techniques for outcomes evaluation and evidence-based practice. Students must earn a minimum grade of B in the course. Students who receive less than a grade of B will be required to repeat the course. Students will be allowed to repeat the course no more than once. A second grade below a B will make students ineligible to continue in programs requiring this course.