Statistics

[wapirowette]

Can anyone tell me why elementary statistics is a required pre-requisite to apply for an RN program? I can't figure how it would be relevant.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Nursing utilizes evidence based practice, and you will be exposed to plenty of research as a student. Those statistics will help you evaluate that research.

[klone, MSN, RN]

It's relevant because nurses are required to evaluate research on a regular basis.

[APRN., DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

I apologize ahead of time if this comes out in the wrong tone ~ it is meant to be simplistically explanatory.

Tell me how an RN can critically appraise a research article without an elementary understanding of statistics, and you'll have your answer.

Also: Tell me how a RN can evaluate whether or not what they're doing is actual solid evidenced based practice on his/her own (without someone else's interpretation) to critically appraise a research article, and there will be your final answer to your question.

[GoodnessFlows]

I am getting ready to take my teas v and I can see how I was helped tremendously by my stats course. You will learn which graph is relevant to the data you wish to present. Second, you learn how to truly interpret/analyze graphs/numbers based on given parameters (this is not as easy as it sounds). Also, the scientific method requires that one use quantitative data to support their hypothesis. If actual mathematics was not used (in the form of statistics), our scientific descriptions would simply be qualitative in nature. How would we advance as a people without real data?

You will learn so much more from your statistics course; however, I just thought I'd provide with a description of how the class will help you in the very near future as you prepare for teas v.