| CODE | NUR3600 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation in Nursing Studies | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students will select one of the options offered as described in the study-unit aims. Their work will be supervised by an academic supervisor. Their work will be presented as their dissertation. Study-unit Aims: The aim of the study-unit is to provide the students with an opportunity to engage in a research exercise under the supervision of an academic supervisor. Examples of research exercises would include: carrying out a literature review; preparing a research proposal; carrying out and reporting an empirical study; carrying out a laboratory-based study; preparing a paper for publication in a peer reviewed journal. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to develop an understanding of the research process, namely an understanding of: - the meaning of empirical and systematic research; - the role of the nurse researcher; - the purpose of reviewing the literature; - concept definition and other operational definitions; - research methodological designs and their respective methods of data collection; - issues related to validity and reliability of empirical findings; - ethical concerns in health care research; - analysis and quantification of findings; - identifying strenghts and limitations of an empirical study; and - the importance of communicating research findings. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - conduct a literature search and review; - critically analyse previous research; - identify gaps in current knowledge; - formulate an overall purpose, aims and objectives towards an empirical and systematic research study; select the most appropriate methodology to answer a specific research question/s; - select the most appropriate method/s of data collection and apply them accordingly; - prepare a research proposal considering all concerns and factors related to heatlh care research, particularly ethical concerns: analyse data qualitatively/quantitatively accordingly; construct a discussion and develop - inferences from the findings; - identify strenghts and limitations of the study; - write up a full report of the study; - collate an article publishable in a peer-reviewed journal. Recommended Reading and References: Recommended reading - Cormack DF (1999) The research process in nursing. Blackwell scientific publications. - Polit DF and Hungler BP ( ) Essentials of Nursing Research. Lippincott. - Freud JE adn Simon GA (1997) Modern elementary statistics. 9th Edition. New Jersey, Prentice Hall International, Inc. - Mason J (2002) Qualitative Researching, 2nd Edition, London: Sage publications. - Ogier M. (1998) Reading research. 2nd Edition. London, Bailliere Tindal. - Oppenheim AN (1998) Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement. London, Pinter. - Polgar S and Thomas SA (1991) Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences. London, Churchill Livingstone. - Bowling A (2002) Research methods in health. Investigating health and health services. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, Open University Press. - Streubert Speziale HJ and Carpenter D (2007) Qualitative research in nursing: advancing the humanistic imperative. 4th Edition. Lippincott Wiliams and Wilkins. - Gerrish K and Lacey A (2006) The research process in nursing. Blackwell science publications. - Wood M and Ross-Kerr J (2006) Basic steps in planing nursing research: from question to proposal. 6th edition. Jones and Bartlett. - Burns N and Grove S (2007) Understanding nursing research: biulding an evidence based practice. 4th Edition. Saunders Elsevier. - Watson R (2008) Nursing Research: designs and methods. - Macnee CL and McCabe S (2008) Understanding nursing research: reading and using research in evidence-based practice. 2nd Edition. - Berg B.L. (2001) Qualitative research methods for the social sciences, 4th Edition, Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Recommended Journals - Research and Theory for Nursing Practice - Springer Publishing Company - Canadian Journal of Nursing Research - McGill School of Nursing - International Journal of Nursing Practice - Blackwell publishing - International Journal of Nursing Studies - Elsevier - International Nursing Review - Blackwell publishing - Journal of Advanced Nursing - Blackwell publishing - Journal of Clinical Nursing - Blackwell publishing - Nursing Forum - Blackwell publishing - Nurse Education in practice - Nurse education today - Nurse Leader - Nursing Outlook - Journal of Nurse-Midwifery - The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health - Public Health Nursing - Blackwell publishing Useful websites and databases CINAHL DYNAMED MEDLINE PUBMED www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed Health Technology Assessments http://highwire.stanford.edu/ http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Home.asp www.ingentaconnect.com www3.interscience.wiley.com http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org www.cochrane.org www.sciencedirect.com |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NUR3155 | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Dissertation | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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