Describe evidence-based practice (EBP) and its relationship to nursing research, nursing practice, and healthcare. (Domain – Educative Practice, Evidence-informed Practice,‘Process – Scholarship, Patient Safety)

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1. Describe evidence-based practice (EBP) and its relationship to nursing research, nursing practice, and healthcare.
(Domain – Educative Practice, Evidence-informed Practice,‘Process – Scholarship, Patient Safety)

2. Articulate and discuss the importance of research in advanced nursing practice. (Domain – Evidence-informed
Practice; Process – Scholarship, Patient Safety)

3. Discuss the evolution of research and measurement in the advanced practice clinical setting. (Domain – Educative
Practice, Evidence-informed Practice; Process – Scholarship)

4. Differentiate between common assumptions and types of quantitative and qualitative research (Domain – Evidence-
infonned Practice; Process – Scholarship, Patient Safety)

5. Differentiate between the steps of the quantitative and qualitative research process implemented in different types of published quantitative and qualitative studies. (Domain Evidence-informed Practice; Process – Scholarship)

6. Describe the philosophical perspective of qualitative research. (Domain – Evidence-informed Practice; Process – Scholarship)

7. Describe how epistemology directs research questions and the collection and interpretation of data in quantitative and qualitative research. {Domain – Evidence-informed Practice; Process – Schoiarship, Patient Safety)

8. Explore the research processes for conducting phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, historical research, and exploratory descriptive qualitative research. (Domain – Evidence-infonned Practice; Process – Scholarship)

Requiredmssigned Reading
Grove, S.K., Burns, N. & Gray, J. (2013). The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, synthesis and generation of
evidence. 7″‘ edition. St Louis, Missouri. (Read Chapters 2, 3 & 4)
Clarke, A. (2013). From the ground up. Canadian Nurse, 109
(5). 20-24.
DiCenso, A. (2003). Evidence-based nursing practice: How to get there from here. Nursing Leadership, 16(4), 20-26.
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Smith, R. (2010). Advanced practice nursing in Canada: Overview of a decision support synthesis. Nursing
Leadership, 23(Special issue), 15-24.
Gerrish, K., Nolan, M., McDonnell, A., Tod, A., Kirshbaum, M., Guillaume, L. (2012). Factors influencing advanced
practice nurses‘ ability to promote evidence-based practice among frontline nurses. Worldviews in Evidence Based
Nursing, 9(1), 30-39. doi:10.1111i’j.17416787.2011.00230.x.
Enrichment Resources
DiCenso, A., & Bryant-Lukosius, D. (2010). Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners in Canada: A Decision
Support Synthesis. Retrieved from http:i’lwww.cfhifcass.ca!Librarieslcommissioned_Research_RepoitsIDice
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