Principles of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice-Honors

Catalog description

NURS 200M is an introduction to principles and methods of nursing research and application of research evidence to practice. The course is a writing intensive Honors course. Students will work individually and in cooperative learning groups to analyze and discuss nursing research from multiple viewpoints with a focus on integrity, global perspectives and leadership in nursing research. Each honor student will identify an evidence-based practice topic that could potentially lead to an undergraduate thesis to study in depth. Every in-class and out-of-class assignment is tailored to their topic. The students though, a series of writing intensive assignments, will be taught how to conduct a written peer review; will practice this in formative written review sessions on their peer's projects. NURS 200M will culminate with the development of evidenced based practice paper, which will be delivered to their peers as they would at a scientific meeting. This paper will also serve as the first draft of their thesis proposal. Upon completion of the course students will be able to: Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the nurse related to research and evidence-based practice (EBP); compare and contrast the research process and EBP process; explain the interrelationship among nursing theory, practice, and research; identify sources of evidence as a basis for EBP; describe the process in formulating EBP questions; formulate EBP questions; describe basic concepts and steps of research process; interpret research findings; appraise current issue relevant to nursing; and critically appraise published research studies.