NURS 341 Professional Practice IV: Nursing Inquiry

School of Health and Human Services

NURS 341 Professional Practice IV: Nursing Inquiry builds upon concepts introduced in Professional Practice I, II, and III, in this course, participants will explore the historical and philosophical approaches to the development of nursing knowledge and inquiry. Relationships between practice, theory, and research are explored.

Prerequisites: Promotion to study Semester 6 of the Nursing program

Corequisite: NURS 350, NURS 351

Crosslisted: None

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Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.

Transfer Agreements

Course to Course transfer – YesBlock Transfer – Yesbctransferguide.ca
Course Details
Total number of weeks15
Total Credits
Total Hours45
Typical hours per week breakdown
Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. critically reflect on professional nursing practice, of both self and others.
  2. explore the complexities of relationships among theory, practice, and research.
  3. utilize nursing theories to explore an issue relevant to nursing.
  4. examine the health care system in the context of nursing practice and the multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
  5. utilize teaching and learning strategies to build effective knowledge translation and knowledge consolidation; and build professional relationships to support best practice, demonstrate strong team skills and support members of the healthcare team.

Grading Table

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.