BICOL UNIVERSITY POLANGUI CAMPUS NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT Polangui, Albay COURSE SYLLABUS For NRES

11: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH Second Semester, A.Y., 2013-2014 I. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course intended to equip the nursing students with concepts, principles in research starting from an overview of the major phases of the nursing research process. The course will include discussion from formulation to dissemination of the research findings, focus on the formulation of a research problem to the selection of the research design planning and choosing the appropriate research tools for data gathering. This course will require the student of group to present a research proposal in a colloquium with the application of knowledge and demonstration of skills and attitude in the conceptual design and planning phases of the research process. CREDIT UNITS : 3 units lecture TIME DURATION : 54 lecture hours (18 weeks) PLACEMENT : Bachelor of Science in Nursing,- Third year GENERAL OBJECTIVES : At the end of the course and given actual situation, the student will able to: a. discuss the phases of nursing research process. b. present an individual/group research proposal based on identified actual clinical/ situational problem. COURSE OUTLINE: Specific Objectives Duration /No. of Hours. 2 Activities/ Methodologie s/ Teaching Strategies Evocative discussion Audio/ Visual Instructiona l Materials LCD projector Evaluation Assessment Technique Recitation

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1.Discuss the VMGO and BU quality policy and emphasize its significance 2.Determine the students knowledge and understanding of Gender and development 3. Orient the students about the course, manner of giving grades and topics and classroom rules and II.INTRODUCTION regulations TO NURSING Given actual RESEARCH situation, the PROCESS student will be

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1. Definitio n of nursing research 2. Importan ce of research in nursing 3. Roles of nurses in research 4. Evolution of nursing research 5. Purposes of nursing research III.ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING RESEARCH 1. Ethical principles for protecting study participants beneficence -respect of human dignity -justice 2. Procedure for protecting study participant

able: 1. Describe Nursing research and its related concepts. 2. Recogniz e the importan ce of research towards the improve ment of professio nal practice 1. Recogniz e the importan ce of role of ethics in research

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2. Describe 2 the ethical principles of research 3. Determin e steps in protectin 3 g participa nt of the study

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a. informed consent b. risk benefit assessment c. confidentiality procedures d. debriefing and referrals Treatment of vulnerable groups e. institutional review f. boards and external reviews IV.PARADIGMS 6. Discuss the AND CATEGORIES paradigms in OF RESEARCH research Positivist, 4. determin scientific e Naturalist similariti Quantitative es and qualitative differenc es in the categorie s of research 1. Overview 5. Outline of the the research major process the in phases of quantitat the ive and research qualitativ process e 6. Describe research each step 2. Conceptu on the al phase research 3. Designin process g phase 4. Empirical phase 5. Dissemin ation phase V.MAJOR PHASES 7. State the OF THE NURSING acceptabl RESEARCH e PROCESS. research THE problem CONCEPTUAL PHASE 1. Formulat ing and delimitin

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g the problem Sources of research problem criteria in evaluatin g research problem Criteria for stating research problem Reviewin g the related literature Purpose of literature review Categorie s of referenc e Locating relevant literature for research review utilizatio n of acceptabl e and standardi zed format for citing referenc es Defining the framewo rk and developi ng conceptu al and theoretic al framewo rk Definitio

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Given specific question, the students will be able to: 1. Design the theoretic al and conceptu al framewo rk 2. Define framewo rk, models and paradigm 3. Differenc iate theoretic al from conceptu al framewo rk 4. Identify variables from the research problem 5. State acceptabl e research hypothes es

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n of importan t terms, concept and construct conceptu al models and statistical models 11. Formulat ing hypothes es a. Purpose of research hypotheses b. Criteria of hypotheses c. Criteria considered when stating hypotheses MIDTERM EXAMINATION VI.THE DESIGN AND PLANNING PHASE 1.Selecting a research design 2. Major categorie s of research design 3. experime ntal research design 4. No experime ntal research design

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Given maximum guidance by the adviser, the student will be able to: 1. Identify different research design 2. Determin e the appropri ate research design

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5. qualitativ e design 6. character istic of research 7. design

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Characte ristic of search design 8. Identifyin g the populatio n to be stated - differences between total and target population to be stated -how to determine sample -designing the sampling plan -methods of sampling -specifying methods to measure variables primary methods -self report/ questionnair e observation interview -bio physiologic measuremen t Secondary methods VIII.DEVELOPING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1. Steps in writing research proposal 2. Determin e the universall y accepted format in writing a research proposal

methods in measurin g variables appropri ate to the study 5. Outline the process of data gathering 6. Determin e methods of data gathering

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FINAL EXAMINATION TOTAL NO. OF HOURS VII.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. Attendance 2. Long and short quizzes/ Worksheets 3. Term exams(midterm and finals) 4. Research proposal 5. Short bounded chapters 1-3 SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING GRADES CONTENT/LECTURE Quizzes =30% Class standing =30% Midterm /Proposal Grade =40% 100% MIDTERM GRADE 30%+TENTATIVE FINAL GRADE 70%= FINAL GRADE

IX. REFERENCES: Barrientos, Crestita T. A Research Guide in Nursing education 3rd ed. Makati City: Visual Print Enterprises, 2006 Brink, P. and M. Wood. Basic Planning Nursing Research. 5th ed. Boston Jones and Barlett Publishers, 2001. Campbell, W. Forms and Styles: Theses, Reports and Term Papers_,9th edition New Jersey: Houghton Miffin Company, 2000 Macnee Carol L. Understanding Nursing Research. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 2004 Venzon, Lydfia M. Introcuction to Nursing Research. Quezon City: C&E Publication. Inc. 2004 Hawthorne, P. Principles of Research: a checklist Nursing Times Pamela J http:// www.nursingtimes.net.2007 Creswell, John W. Research Design, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed methods, 3rd Edition, University of Nebrasca-Lincoln,2009 PREPARED BY:

LORENA V. LIAO Instructor 1

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL:

BINONDO G. REVIDAD Department Head, Nursing and Health Sciences

APPROVED BY:

ARNULFO P. MALINIS Dean

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