Nursing Research

1. Nursing Research persentation Prof. Sayneya M.Risk Prof. Nawal A. Fouad 2007-2008

2. Introduction • Graduate level course:Doctorate Degree • Academic year: 2007 • Faculty: Prof. Saneya Rizk • Prof. Nawal Fouad • Teaching methods:Lectures/Seminars/Students activities • Media:Video conference • Time: Monday, 5 – 7 PM • Recommended Text: LoBiondo-Wood, G & Haber J (1994) Nursing Research, Methods, Critical Appraisal and Utilization. 3rd. ed. Mosby, London.

3. Course requirements: • Classroom participation & discussions • Term paper Grades:150 marks • 90 marks …..Final exam • 20 marks …..Term paper • 40 marks …. Classroom participation

4. Course objectives: • The main objective of this course is to help students develop/enhance a sense of scientific inquiry and develop skills necessary to conduct their own research.

5. At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: • State the significance of research to the practice of nursing • Identify the major sources of human knowledge • Value research participation and use of research findings to improve nursing practice and patient outcome • Use the steps of critical reading for reviewing research articles • Apply critiquing criteria to the evaluation of literature reviews in selected research articles

6. At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: • Identify the purpose and nature of a theoretical framework • Describe the process of identifying and refining a research problem • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of directional and non-directional hypotheses • Identify the purpose of research design • Define internal and external validity • Identify threats to internal and external validity • Distinguish the differences between experimental and quasi-experimental designs

7. At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: • Describe the characteristics of non-experimental designs • Recognize the uses of qualitative research for nursing • Discuss the types of probability and non-probability sampling strategies • Describe the nurse's role as patient advocate in research situations • Discuss the types of data collection methods used in nursing research • Discuss how measurement error can affect the outcome of a research study

8. At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: • Critically analyze the descriptive statistics used in published research studies • Critically analyze the inferential statistics used in published research studies • Discuss the importance of interpreting both supported and non-supported hypotheses • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a research report • Identify the criteria for evaluating qualitative research reports

9. Course Content • The Role of Research in Nursing • The Scientific Approach to the Research Process • The Evaluation of Research: from Science to Practice Overview of the Research Process • The Literature Review • The Theoretical Framework • Research Problems and Hypotheses • Research Designs: • Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs • Non-Experimental Designs • Qualitative approaches to Research

10. Course Content (cont.) • Sampling • Legal and Ethical Issues • Data Collection Methods • Reliability and Validity • Descriptive Data Analysis • Inferential Data Analysis • Analysis of Research Findings • Research Critique

11. TheRoleofResearchInNursing • The nurse must be a knowledgeable consumer of research, one who can critique research and use existing standards to determine the merit and readiness of research for utilization in clinical practice Research links theory, education, and practice

12. Research links theory, education, and practice Research: is the process through which the knowledge base for nursing practice grows. It is the systemic inquiry into the possible relationships among particular phenomena Theory: conceptualizes the abstract nature of the relationship among concepts The educational setting provides an environment in which students can learn about research process, explore different theories and begin to evaluate them in light of research findings Knowledge derived from research must have clinical relevance to be useful to professionals in clinical practice and to society in general

13. Nurse’s roles in the research process • Research consumer Nurses must be intelligent consumers of research; i.e. they must understand each step of the research process, with a clear idea about standards of satisfactory research Be able to critically read and understand research reports i.e. determine the validity and merit of reported studies Critical appraisal of research report a professional nurse interprets, evaluates and determines the credibility of research findingsandif they have sufficient support to be considered for utilization

14. Participate in research projects Nurses who are educationally prepared at the Master’s and doctoral levels are being prepared to conduct research as either a coinvestigator or a primary investigator • Doctorally prepared nurses have the greatest amount of expertise in appraising, designing, and conducting research. • They develop methods of scientific inquiry and use analytical and empirical methods to discover ways to modify or extend existing knowledge so that it is relevant to nursing

15. Points to Consider • Maximize utilization of available resources • Prevent wasteful duplication • Develop interdisciplinary networks • Develop intradisciplinary networks

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