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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HEM 6049	RESEARCH IN NURSING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
The Institute Of Health Sciences
Internal Medicine Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Oncology Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Nursing Management
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable students to become skilful at research design approaches, critical assessment of researches, use of academical writing and nursing researches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. The student can comprehend the importance and approaches of scientific accurateness in researches.
2	2. The student can discuss ethical principles related with researches.
3	3. The student can critically assess the designment, sampling, measurement methods of nursing researches, as well as data collection, analysis and discussion of results.
4	4. The student can plan how nursing research outcomes shall be used in practice.
5	5. The student can prepare a research report according to international proclamations
6	6. The student can conduct researches by using models and theories for the solution of problems in the field of nursing care.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	History of Science (1 hr) Nursing and Science (1 hr) Historical Development of Nursing Researches ( 5 hr) Türkiye; Europe, USA, Canada Ethics in Nursing Researches (3 hr) Research Steps (4 hr) Different Scientific Approaches (1 hr)
2	Research Designs Experimental Designs-randomization, sample (5 hr) Non-Experimental Designs (2 hr) Semi-Experimental Designs (3 hr) Use of Researches in Nursing (5 hr)
3	Writing article (3 hr) APA (2 hr) Research Criticism (10 hr)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Akdur R., Research and Thesis Guidance in Medical Sciences (Projecting, Practicing, Report Writing) , Ankara, 1996.
2. Day A. R., (translated by: Altay A. G.), How is a scientific article written and published , Ankara, 1996.
3. Karasar N., Writing Report in Researches , Ankara, 1994.
4. Sümbüloğlu V., Sümbüloğlu K., Research Methods in Medical Sciences , Hatiboğlu Printing House, Ankara, 1988.
5. Turkish Academy of Sciences (TAS), Academical Promotions at Universities , Ankara.
6. TUBITAK Research Group of Medical Sciences, Scientific Writing, Editorship and Inspection in Medicine , Ankara, 1994.
7. Yaggy E., (translated by: Aktan O.), How is a scientific study prepared , Makro Publishing, Ankara, 1989.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, case discussion, research, questions-answers

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PAR	PARTICIPATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + FIN*0.40
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + RST*0.40

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It is measured with theoretical knowledge and literature contributions that are brought by students for discussion during the course, a report preparation and presentation that critically assesses the selected nursing researches, midterm exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ass. Pof. Ozgül Karayurt
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi 35240 Balçova/IZMIR

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	3	15	45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	3	30	90
Preparation for midterm exam	1	19	19
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Preparing assignments	1	40	40
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1			5
LO.2			5
LO.3	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.6				5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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