NU 503 - Nursing Research Methods: Utilization for EBP

• Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives using translational processes to improve practice and associated health outcomes for patient aggregates.
• Advocate for the ethical conduct of research and translational scholarship (with particular attention to the protection of the patient as a research participant).
• Articulate to a variety of audiences the evidence base for practice decisions, including the credibility of sources of information and the relevance to the practice problem confronted.
• Participate, leading when appropriate, in collaborative teams to improve care outcomes and support policy changes through knowledge generation, knowledge dissemination, and planning and evaluating knowledge implementation.
• Apply practice guidelines to improve practice and the care environment.
• Perform rigorous critique of evidence derived from databases to generate meaningful evidence for nursing practice.