NUR 2510 - Evidence-Based Nursing Informatics

3 cr

This course will explore inquiry and scholarship in nursing with a focus on providing students with foundational knowledge regarding critical appraisal and research utilization for its relevance and applicability to selected health care strategies and conditions. The course will also examine the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence in clinical practice to support nursing care and quality standards and foster analytical thinking that reduce patient care variations. This course integrates the use of computers, information science, and information literacy to enhance evidence-based practice. Throughout this course, students will have opportunities to organize, evaluate, and use health information and knowledge to critically appraise and use information technology. The focus of discussions will include ethical considerations, information literacy, health information literacy, social networking tools, electronic health records, handheld computers, social media and e-portfolios in health care environments.
Nursing majors only
This course fulfills the Digital and Computing Literacy general education requirement.
Prerequisite: MAT 1350 and NUR 2022 with grades of B- or better.
Fall