NURS 236 Introduction to Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice

This course provides an introduction to the research process and prepares students to be beginning consumers of nursing research. Emphasis is placed on critically evaluating nursing research studies and understanding the process of utilizing research for evidence-based practice. Various types of research and research methods as well as basic statistical methods will be discussed.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the B.S.N. program.

Pre or corequisite(s): Statistics course.