Objective Reflection

As part of the class objectives, we would like for each student to write a small reflection paragraph and post it on this forum in answering what you have learned from this class, where the objectives that you had for the class met and how do you anticipate to use research.

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Course description: This course examines the relationship of research and practice and the use of data as a basis for decision making. Various approaches to the research process are explored. Ethical considerations in research are presented.

Learning Outcomes:

• Upon successful completion of this class, the MSN student will be able to gain understanding of essential steps of the planning phase to conduct a research study: topic selection, literature review, relationship between theory and research, and the developmental stages of theory (AACN Essentials I, II, IV, V, VI, and VIII).
• Upon successful completion of this course, the MSN student will be able to understand the necessary steps to conduct a nursing research: study design, type of study, research ethics, data collection, data analysis, implementation, and interpretation phase (AACN Essentials I, II, IV, V, VI, and VIII).
• Upon successful completion of this course, the MSN student will be able to demonstrate the ability to use the complex steps of the reporting phase: presenting research findings, preparing research proposals, publishing results, and using evidence-based practice (AACN Essentials I, II, IV, V, VI, and VIII).
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• Objectives
• • The student will be able to identify research topics, review the literature, and interpret the developmental stages of theories (Descriptive/Explanatory/Predictive), and use a selected research article to test a theory as related to nursing practice.
  • The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the planning phase of nursing research using the concept tree to address issues related to theory and research.
• Objectives
  • The student will be able to apply knowledge of research methods to analyze, critique, and interpret research using the design and implementation phase of selected studies that are relevant to nursing practice.
  • The student will be able to distinguish type of studies (Qualitative/Quantitative/Experimental/Descriptive/Epidemiological/ and Longitudinal) by interpreting scholarly articles.
• Objectives
  • The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the reporting phase of nursing research by preparing a research proposal using a poster or a virtual presentation.
  • The student will be able to conduct an individual research by writing a paper based on a research proposal reflecting evidence-based nursing practice.

  Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities o 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 o 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 o 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 o 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 5 o 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 o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system level through 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 o 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 o 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 o Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master’s level, is broadly defined as any form of nursing intervention that influences healthcare 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.