NURS-3343 — EBP
Course Description This course will prepare the student to understand the steps of the evidenced-based practice process (EBP) and identify various EBP models to translate evidence into practice. The topics of articulating the clinical questions, using electronic databases to locate evidence, evaluating levels of evidence, and critically appraising the evidence to translate into the best evidence will be explored. Ethical issues in research and evidence-based practice will be discussed. The course focuses on enhancing the student's ability to read, comprehend, critically appraise, and apply the best evidence to the professional practice of nursing. Course Objectives 1. Describe the importance of nursing research and evidence-based practice and how they expand knowledge in nursing and health. 2. Compare and contrast several models of EBP implementation into clinical practice, including what organizational supports need to be in place. 3. Perform appraisals of evidence-based practice guidelines. 4. Formulate a searchable clinical question. 5. Demonstrate the use of technology and the library in accessing and retrieving research-based information. 6. Critique quantitative and qualitative nursing research studies. 7. Demonstrate beginning critical reasoning and analysis of research appraisal, as a consumer of research, to promote safety in nursing and health care services. 8. Participate in the process of dissemination of research findings.