Nursing Research

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Apply principles of quality improvement and patient safety to the development of evidence-based initiatives and outcomes that improve the quality of health care for diverse populations.
• Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.
• Evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including Internet resources.
• Identify discrepancies between standards of care and clinical nursing practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.
• Explain the interrelationships among theory, practice, and research.
• Use skills of inquiry, analysis, and information literacy to address practice issues.
• Integrate knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decision-making.
• Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, synthesis, and dissemination of evidence to improve patient outcomes.
• Describe the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
• Discuss protection of human rights and ethical conduct in the research environment.
• Evaluate the principles of evidence-based practice in guiding nursing care.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Library Research Tutorials	10%
QI vs. EBP vs. Research Worksheet	5%
Ethics Quiz	5%
Article Scavenger Hunt	15%
Research and Evidence-Based Practice Reflection & Insights	15%
Evidence-Based Practice in Real Life Project (5 parts)	50%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
100-95	A
94-92	A-
91-89	B+
88-86	B
85-83	B-
82-80	C+
79-77	C
76-74	C-
73-71	D+
70-68	D
67-65	D-
64 & below	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.