NUR 401: Research & Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

This course focuses on concepts and processes of nursing research and evidence-based practice to develop students as critical consumers and evaluators of research findings. Theories and terminology relevant to the context of original research, including research design, methodology, data collection, data analysis, appropriate statistical tests of analysis, and dissemination of results are presented. Students will critically read and evaluate research articles from various sources to determine relevance, validity, and usefulness in the support of informed clinical decisions. Ethical considerations in research involving human participants will also be explored.