Research/Inquiry-Based Service Residency

Catalog description

This course is designed to facilitate students' intellectual curiosity and independence in exploring the research process in an area of interest. Similar to clinical practica, NURS389 serves as the research practicum for NURS230 and NURS547. In this applied course, students will engage in a structured, hands-on faculty-mentored experience. Students will be contacted approximately 6-10 weeks prior to the start of the semester of enrollment to either: 1) submit a proposal to work on an existing project with an established mentor, or 2) identify their key areas of interest and select from an existing list of projects/preceptors that varies by semester. Students will be matched with a research preceptor based on their selections and, in collaboration with their preceptor, they will define learning objectives to guide their individualized plan of study. Students have opportunities to experience systematic methods for research, service-based clinical inquiry, or quality improvement. This mentored residency can be fulfilled by completing one of the following options: * Research-based practicum in basic or social science, clinical research, nursing history, healthcare policy, ethics, or informatics. * Inquiry-based Service practicum such as conducting quality improvement procedures or program evaluations in an affiliated healthcare institution. Students must register for both the lecture and recitation sections. For the recitation section students are expected, with the assistance of their advisor, to allocate 2 hours of work outside of class each week towards their project. Students can schedule this work based on their own schedule but must be prepared to complete the work each week. The course is taken in the final semester of the senior year.