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NURS 8717

Foundations of Evidence-Based Advanced Nursing Practice · 7 instructors on record · 18 sections

What the course score is made of

71BC evaluations18 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”18 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”18 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course provides a broad overview of evidence-based advanced practice nursing. Philosophical, conceptual, and theoretical perspectives as well as research methods are examined. The graduate nursing student will explore the application of nursing knowledge and knowledge from related disciplines to inform, evaluate, and translate evidence for practice.

The board

7 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
1	Patricia Reid PonteNursing Provisional	842 records	78th	14th
2	Sherri St PierreNursing	838 records	78th	16th
3	Jinhee SungNursing	833 records	78th	21st
4	Corrine JurgensNursing Provisional	821 record	78th	37th
5	Kathleen GouldNursing Provisional	811 record	78th	6th
6	Eunji ChoNursing Provisional	812 records	78th	29th
7	Susan GennaroNursing Provisional	681 record	78th	5th

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 5 of 7 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row.

The line

All 13 items · means across 18 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

8819th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9030th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

8718th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

8612th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8833rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8727th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8410th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

819th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9145th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

702nd pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

18 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jinhee Sung	Spring 2026	01	81	64	60
Susan Gennaro	Spring 2026	01	68	64	60
Corrine Jurgens	Fall 2025	01	82	74	60
Jinhee Sung	Fall 2025	01	83	74	60
Eunji Cho	Spring 2025	01	85	75	60
Jinhee Sung	Spring 2025	01	85	75	60
Sherri St Pierre	Fall 2024	01	84	73	60
Eunji Cho	Spring 2024	01	77	68	60
Sherri St Pierre	Spring 2024	01	81	68	60
Sherri St Pierre	Fall 2023	01	83	75	—
Sherri St Pierre	Spring 2023	01	84	77	60
Patricia Reid Ponte	Fall 2022	01	86	74	60
Sherri St Pierre	Fall 2022	02	74	56	60
Sherri St Pierre	Fall 2022	03	88	80	—
Sherri St Pierre	Spring 2022	01	88	80	80
Patricia Reid Ponte	Fall 2021	01	82	72	60
Sherri St Pierre	Fall 2021	02	81	63	40
Kathleen Gould	Fall 2021	03	81	74	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.