Available in 2024
Course code

NURS1004

Units

10 units

Level

1000 level

Course handbook

Description

Evidence-based practice is an approach to care that integrates the best available research to inform contemporary practice. This course will provide a foundational overview of evidence-based practice. By the end of this course, students will have an appreciation for the steps in the evidence-based practice process and the contribution that ‘best practice’ makes to quality care and safety. The principles of ‘best practice’ will be explored with respect to relevant examples and contexts of care.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Gosford

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Define evidence-based practice and identify the benefits and challenges of using this approach for the delivery of health care.

2. Identify examples of the integration of evidence using clinical expertise and patient preferences to provide appropriate safe and responsive quality nursing care.

3. Develop questions which are relevant to nursing practice and patients' experiences of health care.

4. Devise search strategies to locate the best available evidence to answer those questions.

5. Summarise and appraise evidence and for its validity, impact and applicability to practice.


Content

Module 1: Ask the question

Module 2: Acquire the knowledge

Module 3: Appraise the evidence

Module 4: Apply the evidence

Module 5: Evaluate the outcome


Requisite

Students must be active in the Bachelor of Nursing [40298] program to enrol in this course.


Assumed knowledge

Active in the Bachelor of Nursing program


Assessment items

Quiz: Online Quiz

Project: Search Strategy


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Lecture-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Face to face On campus: 2 hour(s) per week for 8 weeks and;Online: 2 hour(s) per Week for 4 Weeks

Semester 2 - 2024 - Gosford

Lecture-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Face to face On campus: 2 hour(s) per week for 8 weeks and;Online: 2 hour(s) per Week for 4 Weeks

Course outline