NS1012 - Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available to level 1 students enrolled in the BNSc.

This subject introduces concepts of evidence based practice and research. Students will develop and consolidate knowledge and skills in identifying and sourcing evidence for their practice. Various sources of evidence for practice including the library, electronic databases and Internet will be investigated. The traditions of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research will be introduced, with a focus on the language of research. Translating evidence to inform practice will be discussed. From this learning, students can begin the preparation for nursing practice in a world where health care services are influenced by various factors, dynamic and constantly changing.

Learning Outcomes

• explain the links between nursing, knowledge and experience, including the role research plays in nursing practice;
• demonstrate the ability to search for and identify current nursing literature and resarch;
• identify the key elements of nursing research and how it applies to contemporary nursing practice;
• describe how qualitative and quantitative research processes contribute to knowledge growth and influence nursing practice;
• explain how evidence impacts on nursing knowledge and practice including how it effects and initiates practice change.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS1011 and NS3410

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Mrs Adele Baldwin
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.