NUR 6504 Research for Academic and Healthcare Leaders in Nursing

This course focuses on research for academic and organizational nurse leaders in both academia and healthcare to explicate the complex process of knowledge acquisition to address challenges in nursing education and administration. Students will explore topics of interest with the aim to identify researchable problems and the appropriate scientific methods by which these can be studied. The components of both quantitative and qualitative research designs are reviewed and critically evaluated.  Statistical techniques for evaluation of educational data are included. The culminating experience of the course is to explore ideas to expand the research evidence in nursing education or administration through analysis of the existing research.

Credits

3

Distribution

Nursing