Description
In this course the students will examine the research process as a mode of developing evidence-based nursing practice. Students will learn to formulate researchable questions and hypotheses, choose an appropriate research design, and select an appropriate sample, measurement tool, and method of analyzing data. Students will evaluate published nursing research for its rigor and contribution to the nursing discipline and evidence-based nursing practice. Both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are examined. Ethical considerations of health care research are examined. Open to nursing majors only. Prerequisites: Semesters I -V of the nursing major