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MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Syllabus
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Course Overview
Evidence-based practice is the deliberate use of current best practice in making
informed decisions about the implementation of nursing knowledge. This course
emphasizes evidence-based practice as it relates to changing and improving the
discipline of nursing. Students systematically explore and evaluate current nursing
knowledge for scientific and clinical merit.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the following:
Critically analyze existing nursing research (Essentials II, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX).
Synthesize a review of literature on a specific topic (Essentials I, IV, IV, VII, VIII,
IX).
MSN Essentials
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in nursing and
"provide curricular elements and framework, regardless of focus, major, or
intended practice setting" (AACN, 2011, p.3). The reference and the link for these
essentials are provided for you at the end of the document. These essentials
"delineate the knowledge and skills that all nurses prepared in a master's nursing
program acquire" (AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these
essentials in each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief
descriptions of each essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the Essentials
document. In the document, you will find a deeper discussion of each of them, as
well as expected student outcomes and sample content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
,MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from
nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement,
and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care
across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the
promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed
that emphasize ethical and critical decision making, effective working
relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods,
tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality, as well as
prepared to apply quality principles within an organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within
the practice setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and
disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to
deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate
and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system
level though the policy development process and to employ advocacy strategies
to influence health and health care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
, MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and leader of
interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and consults with other
health professionals to manage and coordinate care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad,
organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the
planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical
prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and
aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly defined as any
form of nursing intervention that influences health outcomes for individuals,
populations, or systems. Master's-level nursing graduates must have an
advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the
ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. Nursing practice interventions
include both direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of Master's
education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
Course Instructor Information
Log in to the course to view this information.
Text and Materials
Please refer to the Text and Materials for this course.
Sessions and Days of the Week
The course is divided into eight weekly sessions. Due dates for assignments are
stated in Day numbers. Day One is Monday, the first day beginning each weekly
session.
MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Syllabus
Note: Log in to the course to view activities, videos, and presentations.
Course Overview
Evidence-based practice is the deliberate use of current best practice in making
informed decisions about the implementation of nursing knowledge. This course
emphasizes evidence-based practice as it relates to changing and improving the
discipline of nursing. Students systematically explore and evaluate current nursing
knowledge for scientific and clinical merit.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the following:
Critically analyze existing nursing research (Essentials II, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX).
Synthesize a review of literature on a specific topic (Essentials I, IV, IV, VII, VIII,
IX).
MSN Essentials
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in nursing and
"provide curricular elements and framework, regardless of focus, major, or
intended practice setting" (AACN, 2011, p.3). The reference and the link for these
essentials are provided for you at the end of the document. These essentials
"delineate the knowledge and skills that all nurses prepared in a master's nursing
program acquire" (AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these
essentials in each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief
descriptions of each essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the Essentials
document. In the document, you will find a deeper discussion of each of them, as
well as expected student outcomes and sample content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
,MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from
nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement,
and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care
across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the
promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed
that emphasize ethical and critical decision making, effective working
relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods,
tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality, as well as
prepared to apply quality principles within an organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within
the practice setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and
disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to
deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate
and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system
level though the policy development process and to employ advocacy strategies
to influence health and health care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
, MSN
NURS601: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and leader of
interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and consults with other
health professionals to manage and coordinate care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad,
organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the
planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical
prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and
aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly defined as any
form of nursing intervention that influences health outcomes for individuals,
populations, or systems. Master's-level nursing graduates must have an
advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the
ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. Nursing practice interventions
include both direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of Master's
education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
Course Instructor Information
Log in to the course to view this information.
Text and Materials
Please refer to the Text and Materials for this course.
Sessions and Days of the Week
The course is divided into eight weekly sessions. Due dates for assignments are
stated in Day numbers. Day One is Monday, the first day beginning each weekly
session.
