Description
This course provides an introduction to scientific writing for nurses pursuing graduate education in nursing. Through the course students will learn skills for scientific writing in the dissemination of nursing research, implementation of evidence-based projects, project narratives, for the purpose of building nursing science in practice; other examples of scientific writing include articles for peer reviewed journals, grant proposals, and theses/dissertations/ Capstone projects in the science. (The DNP program emphasizes the need for doctorally prepared nurses to disseminate all work related to clinical research and evidence-based practice; therefore, writing skills are very important to the full education of the DNP students
Prerequisite: Doctoral level or permission of graduate nursing program director