COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVIDENCE BASED NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 6064 EVIDENCE BASED NURSING ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
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 assist students in developing attitudes to base their practices on evidence and bring the skill of developing nursing practices by using the best research evidence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The student can discuss individual and institutional obstacles related with evidence-based nursing practices.
2   2. The student can ask an answerable question about clinical/managerial/educational issues.
3   3. The student can scan in such a way to reach the best information in order to answer the aforementioned question.
4   4. The student can critically assess researches, systematic assessments and guidances related with nursing interventions.
5   5. The student can develop strategies for the practice of evidence-based nursing practices.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the evidence-based nursing and how is it applied in application fields Asking an answerable question Literature review Critical assessment of quantitative researches Systematic reviews, meta-analyses Evidence-based guidances Integration of research evidences into nursing practices

Recomended or Required Reading

Craig, J, Smyth RL, The evidence-based practice manuel for nurses, Churchill Livingstone, second ed, 2007.

Dicenso A, Guyatt G, Ciliska D, Evidence-Based Nursing: A Guide to Clinical Practice, Mosby, 2004.

Greenhalgh, T, How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. 2nd ed. BMJ Books. London, 2001.

Lemieux-Charles L, Champagne F, Using knowledge and evidence in health care, University of Toronto, 2004.

Muir Gray, J.A, Evidenec-Based Healthcare. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1997

Newell, R, Burnard, P, Research for evidence-based practice, Blackwell pub. 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, case discussion, literature review, 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

(Assessment method shall correspond to learning outputs and teaching techniques being used during the course)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Address: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi 35240 Balçova/IZMIR
Office Phone: 412 4790

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 16 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.555

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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