Students will be present and actively participate in classroom dialogue related to course content. Preparation for individual and group work will be reflected in class and group discussions.

Students will write critiques of published nursing research studies according to guidelines published in the text. (See Assignments)

Students will divide into groups to identify a topic, review and analyze the research literature on that topic and give a presentation to the class summarizing at least 6 current nursing research articles to include identification of possible research questions for further study. (See Assignments)