Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: doctoral standing or consent of instructor. In-depth exploration of state of science for health service, biological, vulnerable populations, and biobehavioral research topics. Students explore research on particular phenomena, analyze current and historical scholarly findings in literature, critique significance of focus on this phenomenon for nursing science, identify crucial and meaningful gaps in knowledge through systematic review of research literature, and provide recommendations for future nursing research in biologic, biobehavioral, vulnerable populations, and health services research. Letter grading.

Units: 3.0