Roy's Adaption Model posits that persons and the earth have common patterns and integral relationships which can be studied and described through systematic methods of research. Research terminology, methods of sampling, research design, data analysis, and significance of research findings. Evaluation of research data to foster evidence-based nursing practice in promotion of adaptation for human systems in the four adaptive modes. Prerequisite: completion of junior nursing courses; Co-requisites: NURS 415, 425 or NURS 460, 435