NURS-3303 — Research
Course Description Qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research serve to compare and evaluate evidence-based practice and healthcare in clinical practice. This course will demonstrate appropriate utilization of research findings to monitor patient-centered care, quality improvement, safety, and leadership outcomes. Critical appraisal skills that assist nurses as competent research consumers will be identified. Course Objectives 1. Describe how scientific evidence might be integrated with clinical judgment, patient preferences, and available resources as a basis for clinical decision making. 2. Define the variety of roles nurses may assume in the research process. 3. Discuss ethical and legal precepts related to research, scholarship, research subjects, and processes. 4. Examine the elements of the research process in studies relevant to nursing. 5. Describe qualitative and quantitative approaches to scientific inquiry. 6. Differentiate research designs, methods, tools, and statistics that have utility in nursing research. 7. Demonstrate beginning critical reasoning and analysis of research appraisal, as a consumer of research, to promote safety in nursing and health care services.