COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 3059 RESEARCH IN NURSING COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NIHAL GÖRDES AYDOĞDU

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to allow students to understand the importance of scientific research in the profession of nursing and ethical principals of research and gain the basic knowledge and skills for critically evaluating researches, participating in research process and using research results in order to improve nursing care.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student understands the importance an role of research in nursing.
2   The student can explain the role and responsibilities of nurses in research.
3   The student can identify the basic steps of research process.
4   The student can use the ways of reaching professional and scientific information.
5   The student can explain research types and their characteristics.
6   The student can explain the assumptions of basic significance tests.
7   The student can evaluate research papers in accordance with basic principals.
8   The student knows the ethical principles of research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. What Is Science What Is Scientific Knowledge What Is Research Research in nursing and its significance 2. Ethics in nursing research
2 1.Literature review, Information resources and Access to information resources 2. Data and Its Properties, Data Types, Causal Relationship
3 1. Steps of Research process: Variables of the research, writing objective, question and hypothesis 2. Steps of Research process: selecting and writing a problem
4 1.Research method: population, sample and sampling methods
5 1.Descriptive Research Designs 2. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
6 1.Qualitative Research Designs 2. Method: Data collection, Survey, Scale Methods and Observation Technique
7 1.Evidence Based Nursing 2. Use of Research in Nursing
8 1st Midterm
9 1.Descriptive statistics 2. Significance tests Statistical test selection, parametric and non-parametric test assumptions, Statistical decision
10 1. Significance test of the difference between two averages Mann-Whitney U Test 2. Significance test of the difference between two equals Wilcoxin Sign Test
11 1. Chi-square significance tests- 2X2 Chi-square significance tests- Multiple cells 2. Correlation Analysis
12 1. Reliability of Scales 2.Validity of Scales 3. One-way Analysis of Variance and Kruskal Wallis test
13 1. Research report preparation Basic principles of report writing Report sections 2. Critical evaluation of research report
14 1.Subject review, sample article critique 2.Assessment of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

-Erefe I.Hemşirelikte Araştırma: Ilke, Süreç ve Yöntemler.Odak Ofset,Ankara, 2002.
-Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP.Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Fifth Ed Lippincott, USA,2001.
-Sümbüloglu K ve Sümbüloğlu V. Biyoistatistik. Somgür Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003.
-Alpar R. Spor, Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle uygulamalı istatistik ve geçerlik-güvenirlik. Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2010.
-Wood GL, Haber J: Nursing Research, Methods And Critical Appraisal For Evidence-Bese Practice. Mosby Elseiver. 2006
-Erdoğan, S., Nahcivan, N., Esin, N. Hemşirelikte Araştırma: Süreç, Uygulama ve Kritik. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Istanbul, 2014.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question and answer, power point presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.

Assessment Criteria

In exams; interpretation, recall, decision making, explanation, classification, information combining skills will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist Prof. Nihal Gördes Aydoğdu
nihalgordes@gmail.com
02324126965

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 54
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
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.15
LO.1555555
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55
LO.65555
LO.755
LO.85

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