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Schedule

Getting Started

Activities:

  1. Review the Canvas Orientation and Overview
  2. Review the APA Style Resources
  3. Refer to the RN to BSN Handbook as necessary
  4. Participate in the Class Introductions Discussion
  5. Complete the Academic Integrity Statement to unlock the rest of the course content

*Refer to the Canvas Orientation and the provided resources throughout the course as necessary.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 13
    • Pages 415-419 and 443-465

Other Readings

  • Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-based Practice
  • The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice
  • Oregon Heath and Science University  EBP website
  • Penn State EBP Nursing website

Activities:

  1. Login and explore the available online resources provided by your textbook (instructions within the inside cover)
  2. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  3. Review the Evidence-Based Project Guidelines (Parts 1-4)
  4. Register for the Library Resource Modules
  5. Complete Library Resource Modules 1, 2, and 5
  6. Complete Lesson 1: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  7. Complete the Clinical Issues PICO(S) Worksheet
Lesson 2: Research Problems, Purposes, & Hypotheses

Readings:

Textbook
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
    • Pages 180-187
    • Tables 6-4, 6-5, 6-6

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Library Resource Module 3
  3. Complete Lesson 2: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
Lesson 3: Connect with a Research Librarian

Activities:

  1. Complete the Connect with a Research Librarian assignments
  2. Revise the PICO(S) question as necessary based on research guidance
  3. Complete the Lesson 3: Research Librarian Discussion
    • Make your initial post by the middle of the lesson timeframe
Lesson 4: Understanding the Literature Review, Theory, & Research Frameworks

Readings:

  Textbook
  • Chapter 6
    • Carefully review the examples of literature reviews from quantitative and qualitative studies
  • Chapter 7
    • Pages 190-194
    • Tables 7-3 and 7-4

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Library Resource Module 4
  3. Complete Lesson 4: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  4. Continue to work on the literature for your Evidence-Based Practice Project including the development of the Literature Summary Tables
  5. Submit EBP Part 1
Lesson 5: Introduction to Quantitative Research

Readings:

Textbook
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 8
    • Pages 222-232

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 5: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Continue to work on the literature for your Evidence-Based Practice Project (Literature Summary Tables)
Lesson 6: Introduction to Qualitative Research

Readings:

Textbook
  • Chapter 3
    • Pages 66-82
    • Pages 90 & 91

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 6: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Submit EBP Project Part 2
Lesson 7: Examining Populations and Samples in Research

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 9

Other Readings

  • Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part II
  • Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part III

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 7: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Begin working on EBP Project Part 3
Lesson 8: Clarifying Measurement and Data Collection in Quantitative Research

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 10

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 8: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Continue working on EBP Project Part 3
Lesson 9: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research for Nursing Practice

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 12
    • Pages 362-388

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete the Lesson 9: Critical Appraisal of Research Discussion
    • Make your initial post by the middle of the lesson timeframe
  3. Continue working on EBP Project Part 3
Lesson 10: Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Research for Nursing Practice (Cont.)

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 12
    • Pages 362-388

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 10: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Complete the Lesson 10: Critical Appraisal of Research Discussion
    • Make your initial post by the middle of the lesson timeframe
  4. Submit EBP Project Part 3
Lesson 11: Understanding Statistics in Research

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 11
    • Pages 317-320; 330-336

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 11: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Complete the Lesson 11: Statistics for Research Discussion
    • Make your initial post by the middle of the lesson timeframe
  4. Begin working on EBP Project Part 4
  5. Review the EBP Final Project Guidelines to begin thinking about your Narrated PowerPoint (found in Lesson 13)
Lesson 12: Examining Ethics in Nursing Research

Readings:

Textbook

  • Chapter 4

Other Readings

  • Tuskeegee University USPHS Syphillis Study

Activities:

  1. Review the online commentary, resources, and videos
  2. Complete Lesson 12: Test Your Knowledge Quiz
  3. Complete the Ethics Reflection Assignment
  4. Continue working on EBP Project Part 4 and the Narrated Presentation
Lesson 13: Final Dissemination of EBP Project Presentation

Activities:

  1. Submit the PowerPoint file to the EBP Project: PowerPoint Presentation assignment
  2. Access the Final EBP Project: VoiceThread Presentation assignment to create and submit the narrated presentation
  3. Begin reviewing and critiquing classmates' presentations in VoiceThread
  4. Continue working on EBP Project Part 4
Lesson 14: Final Dissemination of EBP Project Presentation

Activities:

  1. Review classmates' presentation in VoiceThread leaving a critique and feedback
  2. Revisit your presentation in VoiceThread to respond to comments, questions, and feedback
  3. Submit EBP Project Part 4
  4. Complete the course evaluation (SEEQ)

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