STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Written final exam (80%) including:
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- Multiple choice questions
- Short answer questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Problem solving related to research data
Group work (20%)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing the course, students will be able to:
- Determine the necessity of knowledge of the exploratory problem-solving method, i.e. nursing research for the implementation of evidence-based nursing practice.
- Analyze the phases of the research process one by one in both quantitative and qualitative research.
- Select the appropriate statistical techniques for each research study.
- Determine the method of presenting the results of the research, within the context of writing a scientific paper.
- Design and write a research proposal.
- To answer research and clinical questions based on the latest knowledge
- To describe the necessary skills for the application of new knowledge in clinical practice
- To analyze the techniques for implementing change and new knowledge in the clinical environment in order to use modern research results in clinical practice, solving clinical problems and providing quality health care
- To formulate their own research questions through clinical practice and answer them within the context of the course.
GENERAL COMPETENCES
- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
- Adaptation to new situations
- Decision-making
- Autonomous work, Teamwork
- Work in an interdisciplinary environment
- Production of new research ideas
- Project design and management
- Respect for diversity, multiculturalism, accessibility
The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge related to Research Methodology so that they are able to conduct nursing research and provide health care to the patient based on recent research data and indications. The aim of the course is to train students to utilize the knowledge and skills to identify nursing problems based on the best available research data, best clinical practice, to plan and perform nursing research. Also to provide students with the necessary knowledge to be able to successfully solve clinical nursing problems and to introduce the methodology of Evidence-Based Nursing into clinical practice and the Nursing Process.
Course Outline
SYLLABUS
THEORY
The Theoretical part refers to the concept and philosophy of research, the types and stages of research, its design and execution, the means and methods of data collection, their analysis and processing, the writing and presentation of research papers as well as the Methodology of Evidence-Based Nursing.
- Characteristics, purposes, types and usefulness of nursing research. Historical review and development. Future directions. The phases of the research process.
- Ethics of nursing research. Characteristics of ethical research. Ethical limitations on the acceptance of Indications. The rights of research subjects.
- Guidelines and codes. Clinical Nursing based on indications and the role of the nurse and the patient.
- Research problems. Sources of research problems, types of research questions. Theoretical framework. Definition and purposes of theories. Theoretical frameworks and models in nursing research.
- Literature review. Literature review search process. Greek and foreign literature review sources.
- Purpose of the research. Hypotheses and research questions. Hypothesis synthesis, types of hypotheses. Variables.
- Types of research designs. Real experimental designs, quasi-experimental, pre-experimental. Formulation of a research question as it arises from clinical practice. Descriptive and other research designs.
- Basic concepts. Probability and non-probability sampling. Sample size, sampling and external validity.
- Quantitative data collection. Interviews and questionnaires. Scales. Observation methods. Development and development of a favorable climate for research – How do we overcome obstacles? Measurement. Sources of measurement error. Reliability and validity of the measuring instrument. Critical Evaluation of relevant Quantitative Evidence and making a clinical Nursing Decision.
- Qualitative research methods. Design and collection of qualitative research data. Qualitative analysis. Application to nursing research. Critical Evaluation of relevant Qualitative Evidence and making a clinical Nursing Decision.
- Presentation of research results. Criticism of research. Use of research in nursing practice. Guidelines for writing a research proposal.
- Evaluation, communication and application of new knowledge and research data in clinical practice. Clinical guidelines – Necessity and their application in clinical practice. Nursing decision-making techniques.
- Students practice using computers for statistical analysis. Statistical programs. Data organization, quantitative data analysis, descriptive statistics, inductive statistics (general). They also practice information search strategies – Databases, grey literature, “key” informants, “experts” etc. and the techniques of evaluation and critical appraisal of existing knowledge. They practice scenarios for searching for Indications and evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Indications, in clinical space evaluation scenarios for the application of clinical Nursing Indications and in clinical practice application scenarios of the Evidence-Based Nursing Care process. Through this methodology, students are trained to use modern research results, documented good practices in clinical practice, solving clinical problems and providing quality nursing care.