Purpose This assignment provides the opportunity for the graduate nurse practitioner student to become familiar with research processes which are specific to quality improvement. The graduate nursing student will develop […]

Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to provide the graduate nursing student opportunity to practice reading and critiquing research articles for application to an evidence-based practice. Activity Learning Outcomes Through this […]

Purpose The focus for discussion board this week is revise the PICO question submitted in Week 2 using the Johns Hopkins PICO Development Tool.  This question will be the starting […]

The focus for discussion board this week is the State of the Science Quality Improvement Paper which is due in two parts, Week 4 and Week 6.  The focus of […]

Purpose The purpose of this discussion board is to enhance understanding of an evidence-based practice versus quality-improvement versus research methodology (qualitative, quantitative -to include the Randomized Controlled Trial). This week […]

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By now, you should be aware that the findings from a research study are only part of the story. As a consumer, hoping to inform practice by use of an […]

Probability and nonprobability are the two general categories of sampling. Probability sampling uses random selection, whereas nonprobability sampling does not. For example, if you wanted to study the effects of […]

Research questions that lend themselves to a qualitative approach often address questions about how people construct meaning. In this way, qualitative research questions set the stage for open-ended, inductive inquiry. […]