Research Skills in Nursing Practice
Description
This module aims to further develop knowledge and skills gained in the module in Year 3 Enquiry in Nursing Practice.
Key fundamental skills used in nursing practice research will be developed. Students will be introduced to research question development tools, identification of core concepts, structured literature search strategies, database searching skills, critical appraisal frameworks, literature characteristics tables, reference management software and best practice principles/ethical conduct in clinical research and audit. Sources of information used to inform clinical practice will be critically examined i.e digital sources and reference material, systematic reviews and evidence-based guidelines.
Learning Outcomes
Critically analyze the relationship between evidence based practice and nursing practice.
Demonstrate the ability to use a research question framework to develop a focused clinical research question relevant to their discipline, and answerable using credible valid sources.
Demonstrate a structured strategy to literature searching i.e using library technology tools and resources, using key concepts and keywords, refinement tools such as boolean operators and limits, effective database use, referencing software and saving of results.
Develop a literature summary table and reference list providing an overview of basic information (authors, country, purpose and findings) , theoretical and conceptual frameworks, methods used in the included articles.
Critically examine research designs used in nursing focused research publications in terms of robustness, identification of strengths and weaknesses and ethical rigor using a critical appraisal tool.