SCHOLARLY PROJECT

NURSING 803

Focuses on the conduct of research primarily from empirical, analytical traditions. Address the integration of research paradigms, questions, designs, and methods for such research. Compare details, characteristics, strengths and limitations of alternative research designs and methods. Discuss issues and standards for preparing research proposals for different purposes (e.g., institutional review boards for human subjects, NIH) to advance the nursing discipline.

NURSING 990

NURSING 806

Evaluate collective evidence and apply it, as appropriate, as a basis for improving nursing practice, health care, and healthcare outcomes.

NURSING 706

Examines a variety of research methods available to address health care problems and issues in general, and nursing in particular.

CNP 446

Introduces the concept of evidence-based practice, the importance of evidence to improve clinical practice, strategies to evaluate the quality of evidence, and how to design an evidence-based project.