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NURS 402 - Nursing Research Evidence Based Practices

Semester Hours: 4

NUR 402 is an introduction to the concepts of research in Nursing and the use of evidence-based practices in clinical settings. Students in this course will become well-read consumers of research and critical evaluators of research findings in order to assess relevancy to contemporary healthcare issues. Topics covered include identifying a clinical practice problem or issue, appraising research, developing a research question, exploring research methodologies and completing a literature review.