DNS 845 NU Research, Analysis & Crit

Prerequisites: Statistics, Designing Clinical Research, Knowledge and Inquiry for Nursing Practice. The ability of advanced practice nurses to understand, utilize, and generate research evidence is a requisite skill for providing optimal healthcare. This course is designed to familiarize students with nursing research literature and with exemplars of qualitative and quantitative nursing research programs. Students will use their background knowledge of statistics and clinical research design to critically evaluate a variety of research studies. Class discussions will address the reciprocity between nursing research, theory, and practice. Students will critically review a body of research related to a topic of their choice.

Credits

3