LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (LUMHS)
Post RN BS Nursing Program
Course
Syllabus
Title : Nursing
Research
Course
No. : 716
Time : 3
Credits
Placement : Year-II,
Semester-I (Overall Semester – III)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
An
introduction to nursing research with emphasis on the steps of research process,
and critical appraisal of existing nursing and related health literature. The
course also stresses the application and relationship of research to nursing
practice, education and administration.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By the
ends this course students will be able:
1. Recognize
the research process as a systematic approach to though and the generation of
nursing knowledge.
2. Identify
the role of nursing research in the development of a body of nursing knowledge
which promotes nursing as a scientific discipline.
3. Identify
ethical issues and regulations used in the protection of human subjects and the
conduct of research.
4. Evaluate
current research literature in nursing and related health fields with regard to
its use of research methodologies, reliability, and validity, application of
findings, and importance to the advancement to nursing knowledge.
5. Promote
the application of published nursing research study reports to one of the
fields of nursing practice.
TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Pre-reading assignments, lectures, small group
discussion, role play, and self-study.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS:
ü Active
participation in class.
ü Completion
of assignment and exam.
ü Appropriate
feedback with suggestions to help in meeting own and others learning needs
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Assignment
10%
Internal
Evaluation 10%
Final 80%
References:
Eisenhauer,
L.A. (1998). The reconstruction of professional knowledge. Journal of Nursing
Education 3751-52.
Fitzpatrick,
J. I (1997) Unlimited power and other rich fantasies of research and clinical.
Applied nursing research, 10 (2), 56-57
COURSE CONTENT
NURSING RESEARCH
Unit – I
Define Research and nursing
research
·
Importance of research
·
Historical Trends
·
Areas of high priority for nurse researchers.
Unit – II
Historical context for ethical
codes
·
Ethical principles
·
Human Rights
·
Consent process.
·
Risk Benefit Ratio.
·
Ethical Information.
Unit – III
Research Problem
·
Source research problem.
·
Significance, research ability feasibility.
·
Hypothesis.
·
Question in research.
·
Conceptual operational & definitions.
·
Process for identifying and locating research
Sources
Unit – IV
Purposes and characteristics of
theory
·
Theories, conceptual models and framework.
·
Relationship of concepts and variables
·
Framework
Unit – V
Relationship of the research
problem,
·
Question/hypothesis and framework to the study
design
·
Experimental, Quasi experimental and
non-experimental.
·
Quantitative research design
·
Types of design validity
·
Elements
·
Critique
Unit – VI
Compare and contrast
qualitative with quantitative research
·
Phenomenology grounded theory, ethnography and
historical research
·
Components of a qualitative study
·
Types of triangulation
Unit – VII
Purposes and features of a
research critique
·
Roles of nurses
·
Critique
Unit – VIII
Concepts related to sampling
theory
·
Probability and non-probability sampling
·
Types of samples and characteristics
·
Sampling approach
Unit – IX
Measurement theory and its
relevant concepts
·
Types of measurement errors
·
Reliability and validity
·
Measurement techniques
Unit – X
Levels of measurement
·
Descriptive and inferential statistics
·
Principle of a sampling
·
Type I error and type II error
·
Purposes
·
Uses of parametric and non-parametric test
·
Evaluate presentation of statistical information
Unit – XI
Continuum along which research
utilization can occur
·
Current status
·
Scale
·
Steps of the research utilization process
·
Strategies to promote the utilization of nursing
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