Week 1: Understanding the Basics of Health Information Technology (HIT), Nursing Informatics (NI), and Project Management (PM) With roots tracing all the way back to Florence Nightingale, nursing informatics has improved healthcare through the connection of nursing...
Week 11: Mixed Methods and Research Reviews What does it mean to use a mixed method approach in research studies? Why might both qualitative and quantitative methods be necessary to fully explore a research problem or issue in healthcare? A mixed methods approach...
Week 10: Qualitative Analysis: Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting “As qualitative research methods achieve ever-wider currency… we need to apply a critical and reflexive gaze. We cannot afford to let qualitative research become a set of taken for granted precepts...
Week 9: Qualitative Methods What is the lived experience of nurses working in healthcare during the year 2020? What is the experience of patients when nurses utilize evidence-based practice (EBP)? The above questions are examples of qualitative research questions....
Week 8: Quantitative Analysis and Interpretation: Nonparametric Methods What is the impact of research studies on nursing practice? Research studies have the ability to create change and move healthcare forward. New insights garner new ideas, and new ideas create a...
Week 7: Quantitative Analysis and Interpretation: Regression How might you predict future events in your practice? Why is it important, as a future DNP-prepared nurse, to consider such future events? For a DNP-prepared nurse, future predictions might lead to better...