QUALITATIVE DESIGN AND METHODS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain an understanding and skills in a range of qualitative research designs and methods. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the relationship between underlying philosophies and assumptions and the different qualitative approaches to nursing research. Audience: Graduate 3. Critically examine the advantages, and limitations of different qualitative research methods in the context of clinical nursing phenomena. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate an ability to select the most appropriate qualitative approach for a specific research question. Audience: Graduate 5. Critique published qualitative research and grant proposals, integrating the above knowledge. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain an understanding and skills in a range of qualitative research designs and methods. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the relationship between underlying philosophies and assumptions and the different qualitative approaches to nursing research. Audience: Graduate 3. Critically examine the advantages, and limitations of different qualitative research methods in the context of clinical nursing phenomena. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate an ability to select the most appropriate qualitative approach for a specific research question. Audience: Graduate 5. Critique published qualitative research and grant proposals, integrating the above knowledge. Audience: Graduate