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GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
PRE-LICENSURE BSN
NSG-
Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Student Course Guide
04/14/
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
In this writing-intensive course, students are introduced to the research process and methodologies using qualitative and quantitative data. Students examine the
processes required to integrate evidence into nursing practice. Emphasis is on evaluation and application of scientific evidence affecting nurse-sensitive quality
indicators. Students differentiate types and levels of evidence and identify appropriate sources that inform nursing practice. Strategies for implementation, methods
of evaluation, and dissemination of research findings are discussed. This course also expands on informatics technology used to support data, information, and
knowledge needs in the delivery of nursing and health care. Prerequisites: NSG-300, NSG-300C, NSG-310, NSG-316, and NSG-318.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Apply the principles of evidence-based practice in relationship to nursing care.
2. Apply research findings from nursing and other disciplines to educational learning experiences and clinical practice.
3. Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
4. Formulate clinical questions that will lead to new knowledge or solutions to nursing problems using the PICOT method.
5. Apply the basic principles of human subjects' rights and ethical issues.
6. Perform a systematic search for and critical appraisal of the most relevant evidence to ensure best nursing practice.
7. Identify national quality health care indicators through informatics.
TEXTBOOKS:
Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research
Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2022). Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13:
9781284226324
TOPIC 1: Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe the characteristics of evidence-based practice within the nursing process.
2. Analyze evidence-based practice and how it relates to nursing research.
3. Explore databases to identify how quality indicators relate to client outcomes.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. What is EBP? Reading Assignment:
3. Explore databases to identify how quality indicators relate to client outcomes.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Keeping it Ethical
a. Five Studies Recognized as Unethical
i. Nazi Experiments
ii. Nuremberg Code
iii. Tuskegee
iv. Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
v. Willowbrook
b. International and National Factors
c. Belmont Report
d. Principles of Ethical Research
i. Respect for Persons
ii. Beneficence
iii. Justice
e. The IRB
i. Respect for Persons
ii. Beneficence
iii. Justice
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 2: What is Nursing Research (pgs. 50-60)
TOPIC 3: Identifying Clinical Problems
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe the process of identifying a nursing clinical problem.
2. 2. Examine the quality indicators to identify a clinical problem.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Identifying Nursing Research Problems
a. Clinical Experience
b. Professional Literature
c. Previous Research
d. Current Nursing Theories
e. National Initiatives
f. Narrowing the Problem of Interest
g. The Problem-Solving Process, Nursing Process, and Research
Process
h. Developing Problem Statements
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 4: Identifying Research Questions (pgs. 87-95)
PowerPoint Voice Presentation
Finding a PICOT
TOPIC 4: Identifying Sources of Evidence
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Utilize nursing research databases to identify evidence-based literature addressing nursing interventions.
2. Evaluate the characteristics of credible sources in nursing-based research.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Understanding and Defining Evidence
a. Defining Evidence
b. Scholarly vs. No Scholarly Sources
B. Where to find Evidence
a. Databases
b. Top Databases for Nursing
i. CINHAL
ii. PubMed
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 5: Finding Sources of Evidence (pgs. 126-139)
PowerPoint Voice Presentation
Using the GCU Library
TOPIC 6: Qualitative Research Principles
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the role of qualitative research in evidence-based practice.
2. Examine the role of qualitative research in evidence-based practice.
3. Evaluate the relevancy a qualitative research article to a selected clinical question.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Qualitative Research
a. The Basics
i. Sampling
ii. Collecting data
iii. Interpreting the data
B. The Four Major Types of Qualitative Research
a. Phenomenological
i. Method
ii. Data collecting
iii. Examples of nursing research
b. Grounded Theory
i. Method
ii. Data collecting
iii. Examples of nursing research
c. Ethnographic
i. Method
ii. Data collecting
iii. Examples of nursing research
d. Historical
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 10: Qualitative Designs: Using Words to Provide Evidence (pgs. 253-
258)
Chapter 10: Qualitative Designs: Using Words to Provide Evidence (pgs. 263-
272)
PowerPoint Voice Presentation:
What is Qualitative?
i. Method
ii. Data collecting
iii. Examples of nursing research
TOPIC 7: Quantitative Research
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the role of quantitative research in evidence-based practice.
2. Examine the components of quantitative research.
3. Evaluate the relevancy of a quantitative research article to a selected clinical question.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Chart the Course
a. Design considerations
b. Categorizing according to purpose
B. Experimental Designs
a. Essential components
b. True experimental designs
C. Quasi-experimental designs
a. Control Group
b. Pretest-posttest
D. Nonexperimental Designs
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 7: Key Concepts and Principle of Quantitative Designs (pgs. 167-169)
Chapter 8: Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers to Provide Evidence (pgs.
197-200)
Chapter 8: Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers to Provide Evidence (pgs.
203-208)
PowerPoint Voice Presentation:
What is Quantitative?
TOPIC 8: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Explain the role of meta-analysis reviews in evidence-based practice.
2. Explain the role of systematic reviews in evidence-based practice.
3. Examine the components of systematic review research
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. New Knowledge
B. Safety Concerns
C. Healthcare Outcomes
D. Healthcare Costs
E. Need for Professional Nursing
F. Collaboration
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 16: Transitioning Evidence to Practice (pgs. 470-476)
TOPIC 11: Synthesizing Research Literature
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Discuss methods for evaluating the relevance of evidence.
2. Discuss methods for evaluating the strength of evidence.
3. Synthesizing literature from peer-reviewed sources.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Definition of Synthesis
a. Putting it all together
b. Compare and Contrast
c. How to cite
Reading Assignment:
Research Synthesis
View "Research Synthesis,” by USU libraries (2022) located on the YouTube website, which reviews
what a research synthesis is and how to work through the articles.
youtu/eVt2mMG_gwE
PowerPoint Voice Presentation:
How to Put it All Together
TOPIC 12: Peer Analysis
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Examine the importance of peer review in scholarly writing.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Defining Evidence
B. The Scientific Publishing Cycle
a. Formal vs. Informal sharing of evidence
b. Dissemination
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 5: Understanding and Defining Evidence (pgs. 113-116)
Peer Review and the Publication Process
Read "Peer Review and the Publication Process," by Ali and Watson, from Nursing Open (2016).
This article will describe the peer-review process and the importance of the process in EBP.
ncbi.nlm.nih/pmc/articles/PMC5050543/
TOPIC 13: Evidence-Based Practice Models
TOPIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Analyze models for evidence-based practice and their application to nursing practice.
CONTENT ASSIGNED READINGS/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Nursing Models
a. Lewin’s
b. Transtheoretical
c. Kotter
d. Stetler
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 16: Transitioning Evidence to Practice (pgs-487)
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NSG-324 Student Course Guide
Course: Adult Health Nursing II (NSG-430)
114 Documents
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University: Grand Canyon University
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GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
PRE-LICENSURE BSN
NSG-324
Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Student Course Guide
04/14/2023
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