NUR 4901 - Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (PBEL)

• Articulate the interrelationships between theory, research, and evidence-based nursing practice including best available evidence, patient preferences and clinical expertise (Evidence-Based Practice)
• Examine the role and responsibilities of the nurse related to research and the development and application of evidence-based practice (Professional Role)
• Develop skill in accessing knowledge through appropriate selection of databases, websites, and strategies to search the literature (Informatics and Healthcare Technologies)
• Define, compare, and contrast the purpose and methodologies of quantitative and qualitative research (Evidence-Based Practice)
• Critically appraise published research studies including the research approach, level of evidence, statistical and clinical significance, and ethical conduct of human subject research (Clinical Judgment/Evidence-Based Practice)
• Identify a real-world healthcare problem, with input from relevant stakeholders and subject-matter mentors, that is grounded in population health data, nursing science and evidence-based practice (Population Health)
• Complete an integrative review of the literature guided by a relevant clinical question (Evidence-Based Practice)
• Explore techniques to promote and disseminate evidence-based practice decisions in nursing practice (Communication)
• Explore implications for nursing practice of an evidence-based practice change (Evidence-Based Practice) 

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• Introduction to nursing research and evidence-based practice
• Understanding the research process and ethical issues in nursing research
• Understanding evidence-based practice
• Searching the literature and identifying level of evidence/developing evidence table
• Develop a relevant clinical question (PICO or PEO) to guide an integrative literature review
• Selecting and defining a problem
• Applying appropriate theories and conceptual models
• Interpreting and reporting research findings
• Formulating hypotheses and research questions
• Selecting the sample and setting
• Quantitative research design
• Qualitative research design
• Principles of measurement
• Data collection methods
• Analyzing data: descriptive and inferential strategies
• Critiquing research as reported in the literature
• Sharing of findings from integrative literature review as they relate to a real-world healthcare problem
• Discuss implications of findings for nursing practice
• MSOE project-based experiential learning