Course Title: Nursing Research and Statistics
Campus Course Code: NURS 3314
Campus: UT El Paso
Program: RN to BSN
Course Description
This course focuses on basic concepts and processes of research and statistics. It was designed for registered nurses and builds upon previous academic preparation in nursing and one’s experience as a practicing registered nurse. The information that one gained during one’s primary nursing educational program from textbooks is typically out-dated within 5 years of the textbook’s publication date. Nurses have a professional obligation to provide up-to-date evidence (research) based practice to the clients, families and communities we serve.
To assist you as a practicing nurse seeking information on the latest evidence for effective nursing care, the following learning activities are included in this course:
- using electronic databases to access existing published literature
- systematically review articles for adequacy of the research process
- understand and evaluate the statistical methods used in the study
- determine the benefit of this study for implementation into one’s clinical practice
Be assured that this is not a statistics course. There will be no mathematical calculations.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Relate research to theory and practice
- Discuss the importance of evidence based practice and outcomes research in nursing
- Identify the steps in the research process
- Describe the need for consistency among the parts of the research study
- Identify criteria for selection of data collection instruments (psychological and physiological)
- Discuss the relationship between levels of measurement and selection of statistical procedures
- Provide rationale for selection of statistics for selected studies
- Interpret basic statistical findings from selected studies
- Discuss protection of rights of human subjects in research
Materials
To see a complete list of materials needed for this course, as well as any important notes and instructions provided by the instructor, visit the UTTC Book Lists.
Prerequisites: Admission to UTEP's RN-BSN program
Credits:3
Level:Undergraduate
Faculty
Michael Kennedy
mgkennedy@utep.edu