Nurses in leadership and management positions need to be knowledgeable about evidence-based practice to base clinical and managerial decisions on current information and positively impact outcomes. The curriculum for a master of science in nursing program with a major in clinical systems management includes a required core course in Nursing Research Analysis and Utilization. This course includes both quantitative and qualitative research content and has evolved to have an increasing emphasis on the use of evidence in decision making. Recently, a committee of experts met to evaluate the course and make recommendations for modification and revision. This resulted in changes in the objectives and content outline as well as the assessments of student learning. In this session of the symposium, the revised objectives and each area of content will be described with special emphasis on evidence-based practice. The end-of-course assessment, designed to provide students with an opportunity to synthesize the course content and demonstrate the ability to support current practice or practice change from evidence, will also be presented. At the conclusion, specific links to the use of evidence-based practice in other courses in the informatics and clinical systems management components of the curriculum will be identified and described.
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Sigma Theta Tau International
9 July 2003