FVP:UODK031 Nursing Research 1 - Course Information

UODK031 Nursing Research 1

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Ivana Loučková, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Lenka Špirudová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• General Nursing Studies (programme FVP, B5341-OSET)

Course objectives

In the introduction to the course, nursing is specified as a field of science with its own subject of research, theoretical models, standard terminology and classification systems and methodology. What follows is a chapter showing how to formulate a research problem, a research question and research goals. The chapter Quantitative Research is focused mainly on mastering of basic research techniques - standardized tests and scales, on principles of making of original questionnaires and their first and second stages of assessment. The chapter Qualitative Research provides knowledge about basic techniques of quantitative data collection - interview, monitoring, document analysis, case report sets. It instructs students how to assess quantitative data by means of a cluster formation method, grounded theory, matrix formation etc. The aim of this course is to present fundamentals of scientific methods of the field to students of nursing and to teach them to draft and execute as well as assess a simple empiric research in clinical nursing. Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: Having finished the course Research in Nursing, students will be able to: a) interpret concepts of metaparadigm in nursing and to explain its relation to field paradigms. They shall be able to explain how the field metaparadigm and paradigm reflect themselves in research in the field; b) suggest a research topic and elaborate it to the form of research questions; c) explain principles of EBP (EBN); d) justify the selection of research methods and research strategy; e) explain principles of quantitative and qualitative research; f) use elementary statistics and selected methods of quanitative research for data processing; g) describe principles and individual stages of research planning. Professional skills: The students shall know how to: a) monitor and assess research in their fields of their specialization continuously and search for required up-to-date results of research by means of the EBP (EBN) method actively; b) implement research results into upcoming standards, methodologies and other materials which are intended to regulate clinical practice; c) make a simple research project and execute it (independently or within a small team); d) assess ethical and unethical behaviour of researches and authors; e) use selected methodologies and techniques of quanitative or qualitative research in their projects. General ability: After finishing the course, the students are able to plan and do basic empiric research, to make an empirically-oriented nursing project and to work by means of the EBP method. They are capable of cooperation within more complex research projects in clinical nursing practice. Competence: Having finished the field of general nursing, the students are ready to perform the role of a nurse - a researcher and innovator on an elementary level, mainly as members of a resolving team. They can: monitor research and development in this field, they can work with the EPB method and they can use results for development of quality and safety of care. They are able to participate in research projects, especially in the field of nursing, but also within a multiple-field team in medicine.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to sector research. Definition of science. Scientific findings. Typical features of modern sciences.
  2. Specification of the term "research" and its types. Science, scientific approach, basic and applied research. Research in medicine. Classification systems in nursing.
  3. Scientific approach, resources of human knowledge, description of a scientific approach.
  4. Ethics of a scientific approach in nursing. The ethical code of an institution dealing with research. The ethical code of a scientist. Ethics of scientific research in medicine and nursing.
  5. Research stages: preparatory stage, research project, subject of the research (hypothesis and its types, methods and techniques, processing, organization of research).
  6. Priorities of research for the 21st century in nursing.
  7. Individual stages of preparation and execution of a research process.
  8. Formulation of a research problem, work with information sources. Searching - formulation and elaboration of a research problem.
  9. Methods, techniques and strategies of research - summary, stages of a scientific proof. Basics for selection of a method, technique and strategy for specific research work. Variables in research - carrier - a source of primary data and information. Secondary data in research.
  10. Information systems for research and development. Research and development databases. A structure of publicized scientific research work.
  11. EBP (EBN).
  12. Assignment and consultations of the upcoming project for credit allocation for WT - formulation of an individual research problem, searching for relevant studies in both Czech and foreign sources.
  13. Quantitative research method. Causality and inductive methods in scientific findings. Causal tasks, causal systems. Inductive methods.
  14. Quantitative methodology of research in nursing - basic principles and processes. Formulation of hypotheses. Formulation of research questions.
  15. Techniques of quantitative research - tests, questionnaires, scales.
  16. Data assessment methods - frequency table, mean values, graphs. Hypothesis testing. Responses to research questions found out in the research.
  17. Generalization of results, comparison to results from different studies.
  18. Qualitative research method. Using of qualitative methods in research. Qualitative methodology - basic principles and procedures.
  19. Qualitative research in sciences about humans at the threshold of the 3rd millennium.
  20. Specific techniques of data and information collection - monitoring, interview.
  21. Causal systems, case reports.
  22. Assessment of qualitative data by methods of cluster forming, grounded theory, matrix forming etc.
  23. EBP - EBN, method of PICO(T).
  24. Project planning. Elaboration of an individual research problem to the form of a grant project.
  25. Critical reviewing of a scientific article.
  

Literature

required literature
• EBM Guidelines. [online]. URL info
• EBP Wikipedia [online]. URL info
• eMedicine. [online]. URL info
• GREENHALGH, T. Jak pracovat s vědeckou publikací. Základy medicíny založené na důkazu. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003. info
• UpToDate [online]. URL info
• ŠPIRUDOVÁ, L. EBP (EBN). Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-09-28]. Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
• ŠMERHOVSKÝ, Z., GÖPFERTOVÁ, D., FEBEROVÁ, J. Medicína založená na důkazech z pohledu klinické epidemiologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1314-7. info
• BAKOVÁ, A. Informační pracovníci a evidence based medicine. In INFORUM, 2001. Praha: INFORUM, 2001. info

recommended literature
• BIRGER, H. Evidence-based practice: An analysis based on the philosophy of science. In Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2011, 62 (7), s. 1301-1310. [online], posl. akt. 2011 [cit.2012-09- 23]. URL info
• BANZI, R. Speed of updating online evidence based point of care summaries: prospective cohort analysis. In BMJ,2011, 343. [online], posl. akt. 2011 [cit.2012-09- 23]. URL info
• FINEOUT-OVERHOLT, E., JOHNSTON, L. Teaching EBP: Asking Searchable Answerable Clinical Questions. In Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 2005; 2(3): 157-160. [online], posl. akt. 2005 [cit.2012-09- 23]. URL info
• FINEOUT-OVERHOLT, E., HOFSTETTER, S., SHELL, L., JOHNSTON, L. Teaching EBP: Getting to the Gold: How to Search for the Best Evidence. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 2005; 2(4): 207-211. [online], posl. akt. 2005 [cit.2012-09- 23]. URL info
• JAROŠOVÁ, D., ZELENÍKOVÁ, R. Vyhledávací strategie, vyhledávání nejlepších publikovaných důkazů, práce s elektronickými databázemi. Kurz. Ostrava: ÚO, FZS, 2010. info
• JAROŠOVÁ, D. EBP v ošetřovatelství. In Výukový portál LF UP Olomouc [online] c2009, posl. akt. listopad 2011 [cit. 2012-03-19]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2009. URL info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 8 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

For credit allocation for WT, the students shall present results of their independent work on the first stage of the research project. Assignment: formulate a research problem from a selected field of nursing, formulate research questions, compile key words for the specified research problem, elaborate a clinical question through the PICO(T) method and search for Czech and foreign studies (not theses) in electronic databases.
In ST, the students shall present and plea for their own research projects. Project assignment: topic of the research project - it is processed from the WT. Plea for the project, sources for the issues under consideration (a summary of found bibliography - pornographies, university lecture notes and textbooks. Research goals and questions. The target population of the research and the target population of remedial actions. Researching methods and selection of the technique and research strategies. Staffing of the project. Project economy. Assessable outcomes of the projects. Sustainability of project outcomes. Suggestion for remedial actions for enhancing of practice. Exam in the form of a written test.

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