COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN NURSING I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 5029 RESEARCH IN NURSING I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MURAT BEKTAŞ

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
Pediatric Nursing
Nursing Management
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Oncology Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Surgical 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.
4   4. Knowing the types of research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Science What is Scientific Knowledge What is research Research and its Importance in Nursing
2 Ethics and Ethical Principles in Research
3 Literature search, access to information sources, problem selection and writing
4 Literature search, access to information sources, problem selection and writing
5 Research process steps: Variables of Research, purpose, question, hypothesis writing
6 Research method: Population, sampling and sampling methods
7 Method: Data collection Questionnaire, Scale Method and Observation Technique
8 I.MIDTERM EXAM
9 Descriptive Research Designs
10 Experimental and quasi-experimental research designs
11 Experimental and quasi-experimental research designs
12 Evidence-Based Nursing
13 Niteliksel Araştırma Tasarımları
14 II. Midterm Exam

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.
Aksayan S, Bahar Z, Bayık A, Emiroğlu ON, Erefe I, Görak G, Karataş N, Kocaman G, Kubilay G, Seviğ Ü. Principles, Processes and Methods of Research in Nursing. Erefe I. (Ed). Istanbul 2002. Odak Ofset.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing

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. Murat Bektaş
murat.bektas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

-

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.25555
LO.3555555
LO.45555