COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN NURSING I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2013 RESEARCH IN NURSING I COMPULSORY 2 0 2 4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable students to obtain the basic knowledge and skills of comprehending the importance of scientific research in the profession of nursing, criticizing the researches, participating in the research in line with the research process and ethical principles, using the study results for the recruitment of the nursing care.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can comprehend the importance of research in nursing
2   The student can explain the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in the research
3   The student can array the basic steps of the research process
4   The student can use the ways of reaching occupational and scientific information
5   The student can explain the research types and features
6   The student can explain the assumptions of basic significance tests
7   The student can criticize the research article in line with basic principles
8   The student can comprehend the ethical principles in the research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science and research Lab.Web review of nursing research courses in the World and in Turkey
2 Research in nursing Lab.Class presentation of web review results of the nursing research course
3 Information resources and literature review Lab.Review of Nursing research journals in the World and in Turkey (web and library), exploration and presentation of subjects on a journal of 2012
4 Data, Their Features, Types and Causality Relationship Lab.Review and class presentation of nursing research journals and their results
5 Effective verbal presentation techniques Lab.Discussion of data types by using a research sample
6 Phases of the research process: variable, objective, question, hypothesis notation Lab.Discussion of the research process by using a research sample
7 1.Midterm exam Lab.Assessment of variables, objectives, hypotheses of the selected research
8 Research method: population, sample Lab.Assessment of populations and samples of the selected research
9 Method: Research Types: Definitive Studies Lab.Drawing diagrams on Excel
10 Phases of the research process: selecting and writing a problem Lab.Selecting and examining a survey sample from a thesis
11 Survey Method Lab.Selecting and examining a survey sample from a thesis
12 II.Midterm exam Lab.Cont.
13 Observation Technique Lab.Cont.
14 Experimental Research Types Lab.Discussion of experimental studies by using the research sample

Recomended or Required Reading

Subsidiary Resources: Erefe I.Research in Nursing: Principles, Processes and Methods.Odak Ofset,Ankara, 2002.
-Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP.Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Fifth Ed Lippincott, USA,2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, research, homework, computer practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2 /2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG *0.4+FCG * 0.6
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG *0.4 +RST* 0.6

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

described in course

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

described in course

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Zuhal Bahar
Office Tel: 232 4124751
E-Mail Address: zuhal.bahar@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Beşer
Office Tel: 232 4124754
E-Mail Address:ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof.Dr.Nihal Gördes Aydoğdu
nihal.gordes@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof.Dr.Murat Bektaş
murat.bektas@deu.edu.tr
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Özgül Karayurt
ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Field study 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 2 9 18
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1555555
LO.255
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5555
LO.655
LO.7555
LO.85

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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