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114 School of Nursing[921b, Seminar on Research in Care of Patients with Diabetes. 2 credit hours. Thisseminar focuses on the current state of the science in research on care of patients withdiabetes mellitus and builds on knowledge gained in clinical courses in diabetes management.Specific attention is paid to issues related to interventions with high risk culturaland ethnic groups. Research from nursing, medicine, and the social sciences is discussedby leaders in the field. Prerequisites: 769a and 901a, or the equivalent. Two hours perweek. Offered every other year. M. Grey, G. Melkus. Not offered spring term 2003.][923a, Current Issues in Cardiovascular Nursing Research. 3 credit hours. In thiselective course students examine current issues in cardiovascular nursing research.Topics vary each year to reflect the current state of the science. Prerequisite: clinicalbackground in cardiovascular nursing and doctoral level standing. Open to others withpermission of the instructors. Two hours every other week and thirty hours at the ScientificSessions of the American Heart Association Annual Convention. Offered everyother year. D. Chyun, M. Funk. Not offered fall term 2002.]925b, Qualitative Research in Nursing. 3 credit hours. This course introduces the studentto major approaches to qualitative research. Selected topics related to the design,conduct, and reporting of qualitative research are addressed. Emphasis is placed on theappropriate use of qualitative methods and differences across qualitative approaches.The course includes first-hand experience with data collection and analysis. Offeredevery other year. K. Knafl.927b, Seminar on Research in Care of People with Cancer or at Risk for Cancerand Their Families. 2 credit hours. This seminar focuses on current state of the scienceresearch in the care of people with cancer or at risk for cancer and their families. Specificattention is paid to variables associated with quality of life outcomes, such as symptoms,functional status, and affect; and high risk groups, such as family history, ethnicity, andsocioeconomic class. Research from nursing, medicine, and the social sciences is discussed.Two hours per week. One additional credit may be earned by the submission ofa publishable paper. R. McCorkle.941b, Linking Research and Health Policy. 3 credit hours. In this course studentsexplore methodologies and strategies to influence policy making through research. Therelation of research to health policy is examined through the understanding of the methodsand strategies used to synthesize study findings. The emphasis is on the use of thesemethods and the identification of appropriate data to influence policy making and analysis.Three hours per week. S. Cohen.943a, Conceptual Basis of Self and Family Management. 3 credit hours. This courseexamines major conceptualizations of illness and self-management and the research supportingthese conceptualizations. Emphasis is placed on the link between illness selfmanagementand related concepts, such as self-efficacy and coping; and the contributionsof health care systems and providers to self-management. Self-management isconsidered from both an individual and family perspective, and sociocultural influenceson self-management are explored. Three hours per week. K. Knafl, R. McCorkle,G. Melkus.