NRS 500 - Research and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing

3 Hour(s)

This course offers a critique and evaluation of nursing and other relevant theories and concepts from the social, behavioral, organizational and biological sciences related to nursing practice. Content incorporates the process of theory development from a historical perspective as well as an application of knowledge of selected nursing theories and frameworks. The research content in this course will develop the necessary skills to use implementation or improvement science to propose evidence based changes to practice. Emphasis is placed on evaluating the usefulness of theory and research, and the relationship among theory, research, and practice.

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