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Dec 30, 2024
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NU 309 - Nursing Research
The focus of this course is to introduce the student to research as it relates to the growing body of scientific nursing knowledge, nursing practice, and consequent improvement in health care. Emphasis is placed on developing skill in information searching and analysis of research design and data collection. The research process is compared to the nursing process, and the role of the professional nurse as researcher is examined throughout the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
MA 205.
Assignment Overview
Assignments: 5 Units
Interactivity: Discussion Board
Final Assessment: None
Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:
- Understand the basic concepts and terms of qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and evidence-based nursing research.
- Develop the ability to read, interpret, evaluate, and apply a variety of research reports to individual nursing-practice arenas.
- Differentiate between evidence-based, applied, and basic research methods.
- Identify the role of research questions, problems, and hypotheses as guiding frameworks for a research study.
- Evaluate the role of the literature review and sampling techniques in guiding a research study.
- Differentiate between reliability, relevance, trustworthiness, and validity.
- Relate the key elements of the research-critique process in examining qualitative, quantitative, evidence-based, and mixed-method research designs.
Credits: 3
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