Research and evidence-based nursing with preparation for the diploma thesis
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Module: |
Nursing care |
ECTS: |
3 |
Contact hours – lectures: |
25 |
Contact hours – seminar: |
10 |
Contact hours – clinical exercises: |
10 |
Contact hours – clinical practice: |
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Holder of subject: |
Dr Brigita Skela Savič, Professor
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Year of study: |
Third |
Research and evidence-based nursing with preparation for the diploma thesis
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Contact hours – lectures: |
25 |
Contact hours – seminar: |
10 |
Contact hours – clinical exercises: |
10 |
Contact hours – clinical practice: |
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Holder of subject: |
Dr Brigita Skela Savič, Professor |
Education providers: |
- Branko Bregar, Assistant Professor
- Dr Sanela Pivač, Assistant Professor
- Dr Sedina Kalender Smajlović, Senor Lecturer
- Dr Mirna Macur, Associate Professor
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Level of study: |
First Bologna cycle professional education study program |
Semester: |
Winter |
Language: |
Slovene/English
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Subject-specific competences: |
- Students understand EBN and its importance for nursing development.
- Students understand the connection between EBN and the process of preparing a diploma thesis.
- Students understand the research process in all phases of the chosen research paradigm in the diploma thesis.
- Students understand the IMRT structure used in the diploma thesis.
- Students understand the procedures of preparing a diploma thesis and defending it.
Knowledge and understanding:
The student:
- becomes acquainted with the significance of evidence-based nursing;
- gains knowledge about the evolution of evidence-based nursing;
- gains knowledge on how to ask relevant clinical questions, find relevant evidence, critically appraise it, generate and disseminate it;
- acquires the skills for applying research evidence into nursing practice;
- becomes acquainted with the importance of culture for evidence-based nursing.
- learns about the process of evidence-based nursing;
- gains knowledge of the hierarchy of evidence;
- gains the knowledge of models, strategies and tools for utilizing evidence-based nursing;
- gains the knowledge of methods for generating and disseminating evidence;
- becomes acquainted with the barriers to using evidence in nursing practice;
- learns how to write professional articles.
Knowledge and understanding for Diploma theses:
Student:
- is familiar with the basics of scientific research work,
- can define the purpose and hypotheses of the research,
- knows how to set the general goals of the research, define research questions according to the selected variables, and state the research hypotheses,
- knows how to select appropriate and key literature (previous research results) for their thesis from articles published in magazines listed in international databases,
- is capable of searching international databases efficiently to find relevant literature,
- uses correct quoting and paraphrasing methods for works of other authors in the thesis disposition and the thesis itself,
- is capable of defining a statistical population and selecting an appropriate respondent sample according to the research topic,
- is familiar with different research instruments in quantitative and qualitative research and knows how to produce an appropriate data gathering method according to the research problem,
- is capable of making on-line questionnaire
- gets to know PSPP/SPSS software and learns - descriptive statistics measures (frequencies, percentages, mean values, statistical dispersion). Is acquanted with key bivariate tests
- gets to know the design and implementation of qualitative research;
- knows IMRAD structure and content of diploma thesis chapters
- is familiar with the most frequent ethical dilemmas in research work
- is capable of presenting her/his work publicly and defending the obtained results.
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Mandatory references: |
- Poe, S.S. & White, K.M., 2010. Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Implementation and Translation. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau International. Internetni vir.
- Vogrinc, J., 2008. Kvalitativno raziskovanje na pedagoškem področju. Ljubljana: Pedagoška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani.
- Cencič, M., 2009. Kako poteka pedagoško raziskovanje. Primeri kvantitativne empirične neeksperimentalne raziskave. Ljubljana: Zavod RS za šolstvo.
- Parahoo, K., 1997. Nursing research, Principles, Process and Issues. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Klemenčič Rozman, M.M., 2005. Pa ne spet SPSS!!! Gradivo za kvantitativno obdelavo podatkov pri predmetu Preddiplomski seminar. Ljubljana: Oddelek za socialno pedagogiko, Pedagoška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani. Internetni vir (https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-W1YXZFUU/82fca21d-2406-4f33-9108-44f7587a798d/PDF)
- Polit, D.F. & Beck, T.C., 2018. Essentialsod Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nurse Practice. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Aveyard, H., 2017. Doing a literature review in health and social care: A practical guide. London: McGraw-Hill Education.
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Recommended references: |
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Study obligations: |
- 50% attendance at lectures
- 100% obligatory attendance at the seminars
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Assessment methods: |
- written examination (100%)
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