Conducting Mixed Methods Research.

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Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online). 3 credits (3 credits lecture). Prerequisites: NURS 770 and NURS 772 . Enrollment is restricted to students admitted to a doctoral program or with permission of the instructor. This course will cover the use of mixed methods to address complex research questions in nursing and health care. This course focuses on foundational issues, including the history of mixed methods, variations in the definition of mixed methods research, mixed methods research designs and the different paradigmatic foundations of mixed methods research. Problems of trying to merge methods and practical strategies for accomplishing this successfully, as well as paradigmatic issues, will be discussed.