NU203 - Fundamental Concepts of Nursing & Clinical Calculations​: Home

Fall 2025 Hours

• Monday-Thursday: 8am-8pm
• Fridays: 8am-4:30pm
• Saturdays: 1-4:30pm
• Sundays: 1-8pm

In NU203, you will be learning about nursing theories, research, and best evidence.

This guide will assist you in finding sources for your assignments (concentrating on articles) and provide resources and practice with APA style.

To demonstrate basic information literacy competency in their field, the beginning nursing student will:

• Identify the main concepts of their research question
• Develop a list of appropriate search terms based on those main concepts, making use of synonyms, related, broader, and narrower terms when relevant
• Select appropriate research databases for their research question and conduct searches in them using relevant keywords and basic Boolean logic
• Select evidence-based sources based on a working knowledge of literature in nursing-related fields, how it is produced, and the value of and differences between potential sources of information
• Revise their search strategy, as needed, based on the relevancy and quality of their results to their research question
• Seek the assistance of a librarian, when needed