COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN NURSING II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MURAT BEKTAŞ

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
Nursing Management
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Oncology Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Emergency and Clinical Care Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
Internal Medicine Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to comprehend the importance of research for the development of nursing practices, make researches in line with ethical principles, report the researches and learn how to use the researches during practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The student can learn the importance of research in the profession of nursing.
2   2. The student can explain the steps of research.
3   3. The student can make research in line with ethical principles.3
4   The student can decide on on statistical analysis methods to be used in a research
5   5. The student can report the research.
6   6. The student can critically assess a research.
7   7. The student can use the research results in nursing practices.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Meeting, Introduction of the Program, Determination of Needs
2 Importance of Research in Nursing
3 Scientific Method and Research
4 Steps of the Research Process: Literature Review and Theoretical Frame
5 Slide Preparation
6 Research Ethics
7 Measurement and Data Collection
8 Introduction to Definitive Statistics
9 Analytical Statistics: Hypothesis Tests Applied in a Group Hypothesis Tests Applied in Two Groups
10 Continued
11 I.MIDTERM EXAM
12 Research Design:Definitive Research
13 Sample
14 Research Design: Experimental Researches, Semi-Experimental Researches and Other Researches

Recomended or Required Reading

Polit DF, Hungler BP. Nursing Research: Principles and Methods. Fourth Ed. JB Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. 1991.
Polit DF, Hungler BP. Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Third Ed. JB Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. 1993.
Woods NF, Catanzaro M. Nursing Research. Teori and Practice. The C.V. Mosby Company, St.Louis. 1988

Local Resources :
Akgül A. Statistical Analysis Techniques in Medical Researches SPSS Applications . Third Edition.Emek Ofset Co.Ltd. Ankara. 2005.
Aksakoğlu G. Research Techniques and Analysis Methods in Health.E.U.Rectorship Printing House, 2001-Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, questions-answers, lab practices, research article, data assessment methods-exercies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

What dimensions of learning outputs are assessed and by which assessment criteria are they assessed Assessment criteria shall be associated with learning methods.)

Skills of interpretation, recollection, decision-making, explanation, knowledge combination are assessed by means of exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Besti Üstün
02324124779;besti.ustun@deu.edu.tr
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Ayşe Beşer
02324124752; ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Özgül Karayurt
02324124785;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 14 2 28
Practice (Care Plan) 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555
LO.6555555
LO.7555555

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