Master Resource Outline

 

Course Title: NRSG 605 Evidence-Based Practice II

Credits: 3 (3 didactic)

Semesters Offered: Spring, Summer

Prerequisites: NRSG 604

Degree: DNP

 

AACN Core Competencies for Advanced-level Nursing Education: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

MRJCON DNP Program Learning Outcomes:  1, 2, 4, 9

ACNM Core Competencies: I.E, I.M, II.L, II.N, III.E, IV.D, V.A1, V.D4

 

Course Description:

In this graduate nursing course, students will become skilled in using a variety of tools from research, biostatistics, epidemiology, and other data-based disciplines to translate critically appraised evidence into action plans aimed at addressing clinical problems.

 

Catalog Description:

In this graduate nursing course, students will become skilled in using a variety of tools from research, biostatistics, epidemiology, and other data-based disciplines to translate critically appraised evidence into action plans aimed at addressing clinical problems.

 

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course the student will be able to:

  1. Examine inter-intra disciplinary collaborations that have moved scientific discoveries toward novel interventions or new approaches to health issues.
  2. Critically appraise evidence from practice and patient outcomes perspective related to a clinical problem, including evidence that represents the cycle of translational research.
  3. Apply relevant biostatistical and epidemiological findings to examine practice guidelines, improve practice, and the practice environment.
  4. Delineate skills necessary to propose a course of action on identified clinical practice problem that includes the evaluation of outcomes of practice and compare those against national benchmarks.
  5. Apply APRN competencies and DNP Essentials related to evidence-based practice.

 

Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:                       

  1. Synthesize and compare qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate effectiveness, feasibility, and relevance to advanced nursing practice (CLO 1-5).

 

Curricular Threads addressed in this course

  • Clinical Judgment
  • Communication
  • Compassionate Care
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Ethics
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Health Policy
  • Social Determinants of Health

 

Recommended Content:

  • Introduction to integrative nursing and integrative nursing principles
  • Develop a PICOT
  • EBP competencies
  • Expert literature search
  • Rapid critical appraisal of quantitative literature
  • Continue developing an evidence table
  • Qualitative research and applications to clinical practice
  • Qualitative methods
  • Rapid critical appraisal of qualitative literature
  • Synthesizing evidence
  • Clinical practice guidelines
  • Evaluation and assessment of clinical practice guidelines
  • Ethics and EBP
  • Application of knowledge

 

Approved by GAAC: 11/3/2023; 2/6/26

Approved by Faculty: 12/13/23; 5/6/26