NURS 410 - Research in Nursing and Health

This course provides an overview of the research process and prepares the nursing student to find, study, and critically analyze nursing research for evidence-based nursing practice. The student will learn the basic steps of the research process through the review of various nursing research studies. Students will use their clinical experiences to recognize safety and quality research questions in practice, consider the existing evidence, identify best practice(s), and discuss ways to integrate findings into clinical practice while also considering the preferences and values of the patient/family. The student will appreciate the differences between quantitative and qualitative research. This course provides an understanding of how quality nursing care affects patient outcomes.

Prerequisites
NURS 300, NURS 305, NURS 310 and NURS 320

Corequisites
NURS 400 Population Health: Advanced Medical Surgical III and NURS 405 Population Health: Community Nursing

Credits 3

Compass Attributes
Natural Science