NRS-433V – Introduction to Nursing Research Course Syllabus
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Introduction to Nursing Research
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Course Code Type Duration Credit Hours NRS-433V v:1 Credit Based 35 Days 3.0 5.0 |
Course Description
This writing-intensive course promotes the use of research findings as a basis for improving clinical practice. Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are presented. Emphasis is on the critical review of research studies and their applications to clinical practice. An overview of evidence-based practice is provided. Prerequisite: HLT-362V.
Pre-Requisites
HLT-362V.
Co-Requisites
None
NRS-433V
Course Materials
Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice
Description:
Grand Canyon University. (Ed.). (2018). Nursing research: Understanding methods for best practice.
Optional – Applied Statistics for Health Care
Description:
For additional information, the following is recommended:
Grand Canyon University. (Ed.). (2018). Applied statistics for health care.
Topic 1: History and Process of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Process
Description
Objectives:
- Examine the importance of nursing research in improving patient
- Identify critical elements of evidence-based
- Evaluate a clinical problem using the PICOT
Study Materials
Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice
Description:
Read Chapter 1 in Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice.
Exploring the Evidence. Focusing on the Fundamentals: A Simplistic Differentiation Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Description:
Read “Exploring the Evidence. Focusing on the Fundamentals: A Simplistic Differentiation Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research,” by Rutberg and Bouikidis, from Nephrology Nursing Journal(2018).
Searching Nursing Databases
Description:
Read the strategies and tips located on “Searching Nursing Databases” on the GCU Library website to assist you in searching the main nursing and health sciences databases. View the associated tutorials as needed.
Writing in APA
Description:
View the “Writing in APA” tutorial,” located in the Writing Center in the Student Success Center.
Library Walk Through Tutorial
Description:
View the “Library Walk Through Tutorial.”
EBP: Evidence Based Practice
Description:
Read “EBP: Evidence Based Practice,” located in the Student Success Center.
Plagiarism
Description:
Read “Plagiarism,” located on the GCU Library website, for information on how to avoid plagiarism.
Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making: Nurses’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Barriers
Description:
Read “Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making: Nurses’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Barriers,” by Majid et al., from Journal of the Medical Library Association (2011).
Formulating a Researchable Question: A Criticle Step for Facilitating Good Clinical Research
Description:
Read “Formulating a Researchable Question: A Criticle Step for Facilitating Good Clinical Research,” by Aslam and Emmanuel, from Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS (2010).
To Make Your Case, Start with a PICOT Question
Description:
Read “To Make Your Case, Start with a PICOT Question,” by Echevarria and Walker, from Nursing 2014(2014).
Chapter 7: The Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice Implementation
Description:
Read “Chapter 7: The Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice Implementation,” by Titler, from the online eBook, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (2008), located on the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
APA Basics
Description:
Reference the “APA Basics” information, located on the GCU Library website, to assist with the APA format and documentation of sources required for the assignment.
GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources
Description:
Reference the “GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources” resource for information on how to cite sources properly.
Literature Evaluation Table
Description:
Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” resource to complete the PICOT Question and Literature Search assignment.
Tasks
PICOT Question and Literature Search
Description:
The first step of the evidence-based practice process is to evaluate a nursing practice environment to identify a nursing problem in the clinical area. When a nursing problem is discovered, the nurse researcher develops a clinical guiding question to address that nursing practice problem.
For this assignment, you will create a clinical guiding question know as a PICOT question. The PICOT question must be relevant to a nursing practice problem. To support your PICOT question, identify six supporting peer-revised research articles, as indicated below. The PICOT question and six peer-reviewed research articles you choose will be utilized for subsequent assignments.
Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” to complete this assignment.
- Select a nursing practice problem of interest to use as the focus of your research. Start with the patient population and identify a clinical problem or issue that arises from the patient population. In 200–250 words, provide a summary of the clinical issue.
- Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT question in your selected nursing practice problem area of interest. The PICOT question should be applicable to your proposed capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).
- The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project.
- Conduct a literature search to locate six research articles focused on your selected nursing practice problem of This literature search should include three quantitative and three qualitative peer-reviewed research articles to support your nursing practice problem.
Note: To assist in your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Search for diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used in the articles the search produced, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods. Systematic Reviews, Literature Reviews, and Metanalysis articles are good resources and provide a strong level of evidence but are not considered primary research articles. Therefore, they should not be included in this assignment.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Topic 1 DQ 1
Description:
PICOT is utilized by the health care community to identify and study a nursing or medical practice problem. Consequently, PICOT examples that may provide insight into the use of the PICOT process, may not be relevant to nursing practice as they are based on a medical practice problem.
Describe the difference between a nursing practice problem and a medical practice problem. Provide one example of each. Discuss why is it important to ensure your PICOT is based on a nursingpractice problem.
Topic 1 DQ 2
Description:
Nursing research is used to study a dilemma or a problem in nursing. Examine a problem you have seen in nursing. Provide an overview of the problem and discuss why the problem should be studied. Provide rational and support for your answer.
Topic 2: Research Ethics and Evaluating Qualitative Research
Description
Objectives:
- Analyze the ethical considerations associated of conducting nursing
- Evaluate the components of a qualitative research
- Compare different types of qualitative
Study Materials
Ethical Challenges of Researchers in Qualitative Studies: The Necessity to Develop a Specific Guideline
Description:
Read “Ethical Challenges of Researchers in Qualitative Studies: The Necessity to Develop a Specific Guideline,” by Sanjari, Bahramnezhad, Fomani, Shoghi, and Cheraghi, from Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (2014).
Commentary: Writing and Evaluating Qualitative Research Reports
Description:
Read “Commentary: Writing and Evaluating Qualitative Research Reports,” by Wu, Thompson, Aroian, McQuaid, and Deatrick, from Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2016).
Lessons From HeLa Cells: The Ethics and Policy of Biospecimens
Description:
Read “Lessons From HeLa Cells: The Ethics and Policy of Biospecimens,” by Beskow, from Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics (2016).
Searching Nursing Databases
Description:
Refer to “Searching Nursing Databases” in the GCU Library, as needed, for searching the main nursing and health sciences database.
APA Basics
Description:
Reference the “APA Basics” information, located on the GCU Library website, to assist with the APA format and documentation of sources required for the assignment.
GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources
Description:
Reference the “GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources” resource for information on how to cite sources properly.
Research Critique Guidelines – Part I
Description:
Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part I” document to compete the topic assignment.
Tasks
Topic 3: Research Ethics and Evaluating Quantitative Research
Description
Objectives:
- Evaluate the components of a quantitative research
- Compare different types of quantitative .
- Contrast levels of control between experimental and nonexperimental research
- Describe sampling
Study Materials
Plagiarism
Description:
Read “Plagiarism,” located on the GCU Library website, for information on how to avoid plagiarism.
The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses
Description:
Review “The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses,” by the International Council of Nurses (2012), located on the ICN website.
Sampling Methods in Clinical Research: An Educational Review
Description:
Read “Sampling Methods in Clinical Research: An Educational Review,” by Elfil and Negida, from Emergency (Tehran)
(2017).
Appraising Quantitative Research in Health Education: Guidelines for Public Health Educators
Description:
Read “Appraising Quantitative Research in Health Education: Guidelines for Public Health Educators,” by Jack et al., from Health Promotion Practice (2010).
What Are the Major Ethical Issues in Conducting Research? Is There a Conflict Between the Research Ethics and the Nature of Nursing?
Description:
Read “What Are the Major Ethical Issues in Conducting Research? Is There a Conflict Between the Research Ethics and the Nature of Nursing?” by Fouka and Mantzorou, from Health Science Journal (2011).
Science, Technology, and Innovation: Nursing Responsibilities in Clinical Research
Description:
Read “Science, Technology, and Innovation: Nursing Responsibilities in Clinical Research,” by Grady and Edgerly, from Nursing Clinics of North America (2009).
Nursing Research: Differences Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Description:
Read “Nursing Research: Differences Between Qualitative and Quantitative Research,” located on the University of Texas Arlington Libraries website.
Research Ethics
Description:
Read “Research Ethics,” by Adams and Callahan (2014), located on the University of Washington School of Medicine website.
Tasks
Topic 4: Measurement, Statistics, and Appraisal
Description
Objectives:
- Describe measurement theory and levels of
- Describe the influence “levels of evidence” have on practice
Study Materials
Tasks
Topic 5: Characteristics of Nursing Research Utilization and Evidence-Based Practice
Description
Objectives:
- Create strategies for integrating evidence-based research into professional practice using the PICOT
- Discuss how evidence from research is applied in nursing
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative studies when applied to nursing
Study Materials
Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice
Description:
Read Chapter 5 in Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice.
Plagiarism
Description:
Review “Plagiarism,” located in the Student Success Center, for information on how to avoid plagiarism.
How to Implement a Change in Practice
Description:
Read “How to Implement a Change in Practice,” by Gesme and Wiseman, from Journal of Oncology Practice(2010).
Planning for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice
Description:
Read “Planning for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice,” by Cullen and Adams, from Journal of Nursing Administration(2012).
Changing Practice, Changing Lives: 10 Landmark Nursing Research Studies
Description:
Read “Changing Practice, Changing Lives: 10 Landmark Nursing Research Studies,” by the National Institute of Nursing Research(2012), located on the institute’s website.
Why Do Nurses Need Research?
Description:
Read “Why Do Nurses Need Research?” (2017), located on the Northeastern State University website.
The 2017 National Nursing Research Roundtable
Description:
Read “The 2017 National Nursing Research Roundtable” by National Institute of Nursing Research (2017).
Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Through Contextual Support and Nursing Leadership
Description:
Read “Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Through Contextual Support and Nursing Leadership,” by Kueny, Shever, Mackin, and Titler, from Journal of Healthcare Leadership (2015).
Translating Research Findings to Clinical Nursing Practice
Description:
Read “Translating Research Findings to Clinical Nursing Practice,” by Curtis, Fry, Shaban, and Considine, from Journal of Clinical Nursing (2016).
A Nurses’ Guide to the Hierarchy of Research Designs and Evidence
Description:
Read “A Nurses’ Guide to the Hierarchy of Research Designs and Evidence,” by Ingham-Broomfield, from Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (2016)
Choosing the Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice: Application of AACN Levels of Evidence
Description:
Read “Choosing the Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice: Application of AACN Levels of Evidence,” by Peterson et al., from Critical Care Nurse (2014).
Enhancing Utility and Understanding of Evidence Based Practice Through Undergraduate Nurse Education
Description:
Read “Enhancing Utility and Understanding of Evidence Based Practice Through Undergraduate Nurse Education,” by Reid, Briggs, Carlisle, Scott, and Lewis, from BMC Nursing (2017).
Turning Knowledge Into Action at the Point-of-Care: The Collective Experience of Nurses Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice
Description:
Read “Turning Knowledge Into Action at the Point-of-Care: The Collective Experience of Nurses Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice,” by Dogherty, Harrison, Graham, Vandyk, and Keeping-Burke, from Windows on Evidence-Based Nursing (2013).
Searching Nursing Databases
Description:
Read the strategies and tips located on “Searching Nursing Databases” on the GCU Library website to assist you in searching the main nursing and health sciences databases. View the associated tutorials as needed.
APA Basics
Description:
Reference the “APA Basics” information, located on the GCU Library website, to assist with the APA format and documentation of sources required for the assignment.
GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources
Description:
Tasks
Grade Scale
Final Grade Column
| Letter Grade | GPA Value | Minimum (%) | Maximum (%) |
| A | 4.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 |
| A- | 3.7 | 92.0 | 94.99 |
| B+ | 3.3 | 90.0 | 91.99 |
| B | 3.0 | 87.0 | 89.99 |
| B- | 2.7 | 84.0 | 86.99 |
| C+ | 2.3 | 80.0 | 83.99 |
| C | 2.0 | 76.0 | 79.99 |
| D | 1.0 | 72.0 | 75.99 |
| F | 0.0 | 0.02 | 71.99 |
| I | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01 |
Grade Categories
| Assignments (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Rough Draft Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations | 200.0 | — |
| Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations | 200.0 | — |
| Research Critiques and PICOT Statement Final Draft | 300.0 | — |
| PICOT Question and Literature Search | 120.0 | — |
| Discussion Question (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 2 DQ 2 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 5 DQ 2 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 5 DQ 1 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 2 DQ 1 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 3 DQ 1 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 3 DQ 2 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 4 DQ 2 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 1 DQ 1 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 1 DQ 2 | 8.0 | — |
| Topic 4 DQ 1 | 8.0 | — |
| Participation (%) Points Percentile |
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| Participation (%) Points Percentile |
| 20.0 — |
| Participation (%) Points Percentile |
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| Participation (%) Points Percentile |
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