This course provides the fundamental concepts of strategic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in your health care system. You will learn how to study current literature and conduct your own research utilizing nursing concepts and methodology, evaluate research and apply lessons learned to provide the best evidence based nursing practice. Critical thinking is essential in all these processes. Therefore, you will be utilizing your personal experience in assignments, to create a more meaningful student experience, useful in your future endeavors. This course will facilitate the leap between research and practice.

Textbooks

Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
Author: Lobiondo-Wood, Geri and Haber, Judith ISBN: 0-323-05743-8 Edition: 7th (2010) Publisher: Elsevier Science/Mosby

Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice Study Guide: Prepared by Berry, Carey A. and Yost, Jennifer Author: Lobinodo-Wood Geri and Haber, Judith ISBN: 978-0-323-05746-2nd Edition: 7th (2010) Publisher: Elservier Science/Mosby