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
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU AKPINAR SÖYLEMEZ

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 introduction of the course What Is Science What Is Scientific Knowledge What Is Research Research in nursing and its significance Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
2 Literature review, Information resources and Access to information resources Data and Its Properties, Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
3 Evidence Based Nursing Use of Research in Nursing Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
4 Planing the research process Literature review Starting from the decision making process of the research, institutional permission, ethical commitee permission, ..etc. Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
5 Ethics in nursing research Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
6 Review and discuss the part of the article summary, ıntroduction methods results and discussion references etc. Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
7 Critical review of summary of the research paper What does the introduction offer the reader Writing purpose, hypothesis sentence Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
8 Exam week
9 Methods 1 Design of the research Sampling Power analyses Data Types, Causal Relationship Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
10 Methods 2 data collection tools Data collection process Ethical permission Reliable and valid instrument Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
11 Methods 3 Research designs data analyses Descriptive study Qualitative research design Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
12 Methods 4 Experimental and semiexperimental research design Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
13 Review of the Results section Tables, figures, Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
14 Review of the discussion and conclusion section Clinical relevance acknowledgement writing of the reference Gülendam Karadağ Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Burcu Akpınar Söylemez
15 Evaluation of the course Meryem Öztürk Haney Merlinda Aluş Tokat Burcu Akpınar Söylemez

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, student presentations, 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

Midterm exam grade: 2 homework will be given during the term, 50% of the average homework grades + 50% of the exam grade
Midterm grade: Midterm grade
Course Success Grade: 50% of the semester grade + 50% of the final or make-up exam grade
Minimum course grade: 60 out of 100 full grades
Minimum final and make-up exam grade: 50 out of 100 full marks

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)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu AKPINAR SÖYLEMEZ
burcu.akpinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Independant Study 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 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.15
LO.1555454
LO.24
LO.33
LO.4
LO.554
LO.63
LO.74
LO.85

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