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NU 820 Expanding Paradigms for Nursing Research (Fall: 3) Prerequisites: NU 702, NU 812, NU 710, or concurrently Review and synthesis of research related to selected clinical research topics within the substantive knowledge area that is the focus of study: a given human life process, pattern, and response, or diagnostic or ethical judgment. Dorothy Jones NU 821 Nursing Research and Health Policy Formulation (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: NU 820 Course is for doctoral students interested in health services research. Social, economic, and political influences on health policy internationally and nationally are analyzed from a political economy perspective. Students critique and debate a variety of health care reforms to enhance quality, assure access, and improve cost efficiency. The application of nursing research in outcome studies, program evaluation, and needs assessment is explored. Case studies are used to illustrate the social and ethical responsibilities of nurses in the conduct of research. Strategies are designed to promote role development and utilization of the nurse researcher in academic and clinical settings. Joyce Pulcini NU 888 Interim Study (Fall/Spring: 0) Required for masters candidates who have completed all course requirements, but have not taken comprehensive examinations. Also, for masters students (only) who have taken up to six credits of Thesis Seminar, but have not yet finished writing their thesis. The Department NU 901 Dissertation Advisement (Fall/Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Doctoral Comprehensives or permission of instructor This course develops and carries out dissertation research, together with a plan for a specific contribution to clinical nursing knowledge development. The Department NU 902 Dissertation Advisement (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: NU 901 or consent of instructor This course develops and carries out dissertation research, together with a plan for a specific contribution to clinical nursing knowledge development. The Department NU 998 Doctoral Comprehensives (Fall/Spring: 0) This course is for students who have not yet passed the Doctoral Comprehensive but prefer not to assume the status of a non-matriculating student for the one or two semesters used for preparation for the comprehensive. The Department NU 999 Doctoral Continuation (Fall/Spring: 1) All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree and have not completed their dissertation, after taking six credits of Dissertation Advisement, are required to register for Doctoral Continuation each semester until the dissertation is completed. Doctoral Continuation requires a commitment of at least twenty hours per week working on the dissertation. The Department The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 371 NURSING

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