NURS 360 Professional Practice VI: Nursing Research builds on Professional Practice II, III, and IV, the intent of this course is to enhance participants' understanding of nursing scholarship and enhance their abilities to comprehend, critique, and utilize nursing research. Participants critically reflect on various scholarly works and research methodologies. Participants experience ways to critically examine their practice in relation to nursing research and to pose research questions for evidence-informed practice.
Prerequisites: NURS 341, NURS 342, NURS 350, NURS 351, NURS 370, and NURS 470 all with a minimum grade of 60%
Corequisite: NURS 430, NURS 431
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Utilize research methods, frameworks, ethics and theories to better understand healthcare research
- Critically reflect on healthcare research, specifically applied and nursing focused research to understand, critic and utilize evidence based practice
- Utilize literature, to analyze issues within the current Health Care System with an interprofessional lens and write a review of the literature
- Analyze forces that direct and influence the Health Care System and the utilization of evidence based practice
- Evaluate personal professional growth and preparedness for the transition to practice and writing the NCLEX-RN exam
Teaching and Learning Approach
A variety of activities provide participants with opportunities to view themselves as healthcare professionals with
the knowledge, and competencies to understand, evaluate and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge and
evidence based practice.Learning Resources
Required:
Singh, M. D., Thirsk, L., Stahlke, S., Perumal, R. V., LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2022). Lobiondo-Wood
and Haber’s nursing research in Canada: Methods, critical appraisal, and Utilization (5th ed.). Elsevier Canada.
Recommended:
Various articles posted to Moodle
Frederiksen, L., & Phelps, S.F. (2021). Literature Reviews for education and nursing graduate students. OER.Detailed Course Content, Topics, and Sequence Covered
1. Syllabus overview, scholarly identity, intro to research as a way of knowing, guest librarian visit
2. Paradigms: positivist, constructivist, critical; theory in nursing research. Review EIP in nursing.
3. REBs, Indigenous approaches, power/voice in research, equity, diversity and inclusion in nursing research
4. Designs, trustworthiness, sampling, ethics in interviews
5. Statutory holiday - no class
6. Experimental vs non-experimental, validity, reliability
7. Intro to mixed methods. Analysis of varying types of research
8. In-Class Research Design Challenge
9. Critique frameworks, research rigor, academic tone. Analysis and appraisal of research designs.
10. Nursing informatics, introduction to statistics
11. Statutory holiday - no class
12. Integrating research from multiple disciplines to inform practice
13. Research utilization, dissemination evidence in practice environments, knowledge translation
14. Using research to advance the nursing professionAssessment
| Title | Learning Outcomes | Value |
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| Weekly In-Class Quizzes | 1,5 | 15% |
| Research Rounds | 1,2,3,4 | 20% |
| Simulated In-Class Research Design | Challenge 1,2,3,4 | 20% |
| Critique of a Nursing Research Article | 1,2,3 | 20% |
| From Practitioner to Scholar Paper | 1,2,4,5 | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
Grading Table
Grading http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2018-05/undergrad/info/regulations/grading.html
See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.