NAPDG 1612: Scholarly Project I

Scholarly Project I is the first of a 4-course sequence that includes the elements of the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) scholarly project. This course introduces the student to the scholarly project. Students identify a clinical, educational, administrative, or professional problem that requires systematic inquiry to build a research utilization or quality improvement project. The problem and significance as well as the conceptual or theoretical framework and initial literature search to determine existing evidence are included. A proposal outline and timeline are developed. The research utilization and quality improvement processes is examined in this course.