NUR 701 - Systematizing, Translating, and Transitioning Knowledge to Nursing Practice

3 credits
Synthesis, transfer, and application of know-ledge in practice. During this course doctoral students study how practice knowledge is structured and explore metacognitive strate-gies to promote accurate knowledge use. In-depth analysis of theories of knowledge use will be examined. Students will examine structured models, construct new models, and attempt to resolve inconsistencies in existing designs to make practice knowledge explicit. The role of reflective knowledge generation will be scrutinized. Issues of common language, including taxonomy systems recognized by the ANA, emerge as significant features in practice knowledge development. Knowledge assimilation, codification strategies, synthesis, concept mapping, and clustering become important tools for the knowledge developer. Infor-matics and the use of decision support systems as well as issues of soft knowledge such as intuition will be considered.