Nursing (NURS) - Quantitative Health Research

NURS 3117  Quantitative Health Research

Prerequisites:

NURS 3706, NURS 3017, NURS 3116, NURS 3516, with a minimum grade of 60% or SAT, MATH 1267

Antirequisites:

NSGD 4016, NURS 4016

Restrictions:

This course is restricted to students in the on-campus BScN program or the on-campus RPN-BScN program

Hours:

Three hours per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore the positivist paradigm and the research process as it relates to quantitative research methodologies. Students continue to explore the research process including practising evidence-informed nursing, application to nursing practice and communication of research results to patients and their families. Emphasis is placed on issues on ethical implications of misuse of research data in scientific and media publications.