NURS 4310 - Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: NURS 4314 and NURS 4210.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4304, NURS 4203, NURS 4309, and NURS 4205.
This course prepares students for scholarly excellence in future nursing roles. Students acquire skill in reading and critiquing qualitative and quantitative research which includes quality improvement, communication techniques, clinical judgment, and nursing interventions with diverse populations. Students learn to apply ethical principles when critiquing research involving human subjects. Student develop evidence-based research utilization posters, through which they derive nursing implications based on best practices. Leadership, clinical judgment and communication skills are enhanced through dissemination of their posters in class and if possible during the University’s Annual Research Forum.

Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.