Application of skills, from research methods and statistics courses, to critical reading of empirical literature on clinical practice. Includes the translation of research into practice, the evaluation of practice, and improvement of nurse anesthesia practice and outcomes. Students will prepare a written and oral presentation on a selected clinical topic utilizing current research.
- Refine the ability to critically appraise and analyze research that has significance to nurse anesthesia practice.
- Explore creative methods of translating research evidence into alterations in practice based upon predictable outcomes.
- Discover the means by which an evaluation of current practice methods leads to the further development of new research questions.
- Develop skills in identifying areas within the peri-anesthesia setting amenable to quality improvement study and in the implementation and analysis of quality improvement research.
- Consider the means by which a “culture” of evidence based practice can be developed within the nurse anesthesia profession.
- Demonstrate oral and written communication skills.
Concurrent
NRAN867 Clinical Practicum.