Honors Seminar in Nursing

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Seminar activities on selected topics in nursing. NURS 300H Honors Seminar in Nursing (3) NURS 300H is designed to follow the introduction to nursing research course for honor students only. Each class session focuses on a different element of the honors thesis proposal. Objectives for the course include: Appraise strengths and opportunities for improvement in proposals for nursing research studies and systematic reviews; Apply strategies for establishing and sustaining effective mentor-mentee relationships; Describe the ethical issues involved in clinical research, with emphasis on investigators' responsibilities and participants' rights; Discuss current priority focus areas in nursing science; Compare and contrast thesis alternatives; Discuss selected research designs used for clinical research; Analyze opportunities for replication of clinical studies; Develop a three-chapter written proposal that lays the foundation for and establishes the approach to a relevant scholastic project for the honors thesis; Identify key factors to consider when planning for research dissemination The course is taught in the spring semester only and is open only to nursing honor students. Teaching strategies include lecture, student presentations, handouts, individual conferences, and written research consent forms and proposals. Evaluation criteria of the course include a critique, protection of human subject packet preparation, class participation, and at the end of this course, students will be expected to have a fully developed honors thesis proposal. Proposals will be evaluated on how convincing the argument is for the proposed research (literature review and identified knowledge gaps), the logical procession of the thinking, the clarity of the writing, and the significance of the proposed research to nursing.