Scientific Foundations for Practice Doctorate

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In this course, you will be introduced to advanced levels of systems thinking with a focus on identifying initiatives to improve patient, population, and health system outcomes based on levels of evidence available. You will appraise new practice approaches based on theories from nursing and other disciplines. During this course, you will analyze a gap in practice or clinical inquiry that can be developed as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project. This course requires 50 supervised practice hours, which may be applied to the doctoral project.