lnterprofessional Approaches to Research

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This course critically analyzes select nursing, non-nursing, and interdisciplinary theories, models, and approaches for application in nursing research. Select theories and approaches will be appraised for their conceptual, empirical, and other contributions towards guiding interprofessional research for cultural competent, evidence-based best practices in primary health care for diverse populations. Through readings and other teaching-learning activities, students will explore the nature of health, human behavior, and social and behavioral change; analyze the processes and components of scientific theory development; derive propositions from health-related theories to guide primary health care research in nursing; evaluate the efficacy of multiple theories, models, and empirical approaches to explain nursing phenomena; and recommend strategies for optimizing the nurse scientist role within interprofessional arenas.