NURS 549

Health Services Research

Units: 1.5

This course introduces nurses to health services research and examines the contributions that nurses make to this field of inquiry and to the health care system. Issues of significance for nurses and the knowledge nurses need to understand and engage in nursing health services research are explored. Key concepts such as population health, health care delivery, health policy, quality of care and related research methods will be examined.

Prerequisites: 508 or permission of the department

Graduate course in the Nursing program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.