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Unit of Study NURS3006 - Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Further develop students’ understanding of the relationship between research and practice in nursing. Students will have the opportunity to apply their research knowledge and skills into practice by following the steps of evidence-based practice. This unit will assist students to generate research skills towards improving health care for patients and their varying contexts.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to evidence-based practice in nursing
  2. Developing a clinical question and searching for the best evidence
  3. Critical appraisal of the evidence
  4. Integrating clinical expertise and patient preferences and values
  5. Evaluating and disseminating evidence-based practice 
  6. Evidence-based practice in nursing practice

    The above is based on Evidence-based practice: step by step: the seven steps of evidence-based practice written by Melnyk et al. (2010).

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Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Summer Term
Term3
Summer Term
Term3
Gold Coast
Summer Term
Term3
Summer Term
Term3
Lismore
Summer Term
Term3
Summer Term
Term3

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the importance of evidence-based practice in relation to a clinical nursing problem

develop a clinical question using the PICO framework, and gather evidence using advanced search techniques

critically appraise evidence

link evidence to nursing practice and plan to evaluate expected outcomes

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