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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NGR6852
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- Date & Time Submitted: 2008-05-28
- Department: Nursing
- College: NR
- Budget Account Number: HDC-006201-10000
- Contact Person: Mary Webb
- Phone: x9133
- Email: mwebb@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: NGR
- Number: 6852
- Full Title: Evidence Based Practice for Nurse Anesthesia
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: N
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Evid Based Prac for Nur Anes
- Course Online?: -
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- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites:
- Corequisites:
- Course Description: Focuses on the evaluation and selection of the best evidence in making decisions about personalized patient care. Consideration of patient values and preferences and the expertise of the practitioner will also be incorporated into planning patient care.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: This course is an essential component of the Nurse Anesthetist program and is currently being offered under selected topics.
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? Required sequence in the major
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, once
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Ph.D or CRNA
- Objectives: During this course the student will have the opportunity to:
1. Critically appraise evidence used for clinical decision-making.
2. Generate a model for the generation and dissemination of evidence in the practice setting.
3. Apply organizational change theory to the implementation of evidence-based practice in
individuals and organizations.
4. Create an evidence-based clinical plan protocol for a selected population.
5. Describe the process for incorporating patient values and preferences into evidence-based
clinical practice.
6. Develop a plan for the evaluation of an evidence-based clinical plan for a selected population.
- Learning Outcomes: During this course the student will have the opportunity to:
1. Critically appraise evidence used for clinical decision-making.
2. Generate a model for the generation and dissemination of evidence in the practice setting.
3. Apply organizational change theory to the implementation of evidence-based practice in
individuals and organizations.
4. Create an evidence-based clinical plan protocol for a selected population.
5. Describe the process for incorporating patient values and preferences into evidence-based
clinical practice.
6. Develop a plan for the evaluation of an evidence-based clinical plan for a selected population.
- Major Topics: Topical outline
1. The Need for Evidence-Based Practice
2. The Critical Appraisal of Evidence
a. Sources of Evidence
b. Quantitative Evidence
c. Qualitative Evidence
3. Applying the Evidence to Clinical Practice
a. Models and Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice
b. Tools for Improving Practice
c. Patient Concerns and Choices
4. The Generation and Dissemination of Evidence
a. Quantitiave Research
b. Qualitative Research
c. Outcomes Management
d. Dissemination of Evidence
5. Creating a Culture for Evidence Based Practice
a. Teaching evidence-based practice
b. Change Theories
c. Motivating Change in Individuals and Organizations
6. Translating Research in to Practice
a. Developing evidence-based clinical plans
b. Evaluation of evidence-based clinical plans
- Textbooks: Required Text:
Girden, E. R. (1996). Evaluating research articles: From start to finish. London: Sage
Publications.
Melnyk, B. M. (2005). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: a guide to best
practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Fleisher, L. A. (2004). Evidence-based practice of anesthesiology. Philadelphia:Elsevier
Health Sciences.
Melnyk, B. M., (2005). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: a guide
to best practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins.
Melnyk, B. M., Fineout-Overholt, E. (2004). The patient history: Evidence-base
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- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.