METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- MARIA ELENA FLACCO
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
Training objectives
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Modulo: 015371 - METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA INFERMIERISTICA
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NURSING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Apply the scientific method by designing a plan of nursing research. Know the steps of the scientific method
Identify issues relevant clinical care
Formulating the research question
Conduct research within the main databases of biomedical literature
Formulate the research hypothesis and identifies the variables
Identify the study design appropriate to the question
Identify the sample, methods and data collection tools
Develop protocol for nursing research.
APPLIED STATISTICS
The module of Biostatistics aims to provide a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics, in order to understand and explain the essential measures used in epidemiology. At the end of the course the student will know the main characteristics of all epidemiological studies; understand how the epidemiological methodology is a basis for clinical research and healthcare management; know the foundations of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
Assist the person in respect of the recommendations and evidence of effectiveness.
Keep up to date their knowledge, in particular:
develop critical thinking in relation to their specific professional and evidence of effectiveness found in the literature
Conduct a literature search
Critically evaluate scientific articles.
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Modulo: 018909 - STATISTICA APPLICATA
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NURSING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Apply the scientific method by designing a plan of nursing research. Know the steps of the scientific method
Identify issues relevant clinical care
Formulating the research question
Conduct research within the main databases of biomedical literature
Formulate the research hypothesis and identifies the variables
Identify the study design appropriate to the question
Identify the sample, methods and data collection tools
Develop protocol for nursing research.
APPLIED STATISTICS
The module of Biostatistics aims to provide a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics, in order to understand and explain the essential measures used in epidemiology. At the end of the course the student will know the main characteristics of all epidemiological studies; understand how the epidemiological methodology is a basis for clinical research and healthcare management; know the foundations of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
Assist the person in respect of the recommendations and evidence of effectiveness.
Keep up to date their knowledge, in particular:
develop critical thinking in relation to their specific professional and evidence of effectiveness found in the literature
Conduct a literature search
Critically evaluate scientific articles.
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Modulo: 53513 - EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
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NURSING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Apply the scientific method by designing a plan of nursing research. Know the steps of the scientific method
Identify issues relevant clinical care
Formulating the research question
Conduct research within the main databases of biomedical literature
Formulate the research hypothesis and identifies the variables
Identify the study design appropriate to the question
Identify the sample, methods and data collection tools
Develop protocol for nursing research.
APPLIED STATISTICS
The module of Biostatistics aims to provide a firm grounding in the foundations of probability and statistics, in order to understand and explain the essential measures used in epidemiology. At the end of the course the student will know the main characteristics of all epidemiological studies; understand how the epidemiological methodology is a basis for clinical research and healthcare management; know the foundations of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
Assist the person in respect of the recommendations and evidence of effectiveness.
Keep up to date their knowledge, in particular:
develop critical thinking in relation to their specific professional and evidence of effectiveness found in the literature
Conduct a literature search
Critically evaluate scientific articles. Prerequisites
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Modulo: 015371 - METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA INFERMIERISTICA
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Medical Statistics and Scientific English.
Basic knowledge of Maths and English (real examples taken from medical literature will be provided during the lectures).
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Modulo: 018909 - STATISTICA APPLICATA
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Medical Statistics and Scientific English.
Basic knowledge of Maths and English (real examples taken from medical literature will be provided during the lectures).
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Modulo: 53513 - EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
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Medical Statistics and Scientific English.
Basic knowledge of Maths and English (real examples taken from medical literature will be provided during the lectures). Course programme
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Modulo: 015371 - METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA INFERMIERISTICA
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NURSING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- General introduction to evidence-based clinical practice and research methodology: limits and opportunities for nursing practice;
- From the identification of the clinical problem to the formulation of the question (P.I.C.O./P.E.O.);
- classification of the results
- classification of research questions
- Literature review in relation to a research project.
- research designs: classification, characteristics and main biases.
- sampling.
- Data collection techniques and tools;
- Ethical problems and the role of ethics committees in research.
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Modulo: 018909 - STATISTICA APPLICATA
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APPLIED STATISTICS
Bases of Epidemiology - Methods and aims
Characteristics of observational epidemiological studies (ecological, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies) and experimental (randomized clinical trials)
Concept of bias and confounding
Epidemiological measures: Absolute risk and relative risk - importance for clinical and public health choices
Interpretation of some of the main statistical measures for the purposes of clinical and public health choices
The three steps of epidemiology
Statistical inference, confidence limits - in-depth analysis for the purposes of clinical and public health choices
Significance: statistics versus clinical
The scientific evidence and importance of the epidemiological method for research and health organization
The tools of Evidence Based Medicine: reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyzes, guidelines and diagnostic-therapeutic protocols
Methods of database creation; methods to display the results of statistical analyses (tables).
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Modulo: 53513 - EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
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EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN). The professional practice based on evidence of effectiveness: the basics.
Hierarchy of sources and studies.
Databases, Guidelines and Systematic Review: knowledge, critical approach and research on specific databases.
Critical evaluation of studies (internal and external validity of primary studies) and transfer of the recommendations in the health care practice. Didactic methods
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Modulo: 015371 - METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA INFERMIERISTICA
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Case method, lectures and individual work / small groups
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Modulo: 018909 - STATISTICA APPLICATA
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Lectures and individual work / small groups
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Modulo: 53513 - EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
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Lectures and individual work / small groups Learning assessment procedures
- EBN:
To be admitted to the written exam, students must have previously obtained a positive assessment in the other two tests, consisting of:
• a group work in classroom: critical evaluation of a research article provided by the teachers.
The evaluation is performed in 30 eminent calculated based on the number of items correctly identified by the students, compared with an evaluation grid.
• individual work, that is to perform a search of the literature based on a question provided in class, where students select a relevant abstract and make a critical analysis of the same answer 7 questions provided.
The two votes are competing for 1/6 each to the final vote of the form, calculated using the weighted average.
The remaining 2/3 are derived from written exam, composed of 15 questions (9 multiple choice and 6 short open answer); some questions are purely theoretical, others require the reading and interpretation of a short text. Time available: 30 minutes.
The topics under consideration are: basic elements of EBP, research questions, data and their functioning banks, primary and secondary research designs.
It passes the exam with at least 8 correct answers; the questions all have the same score. To determine the vote using the following scheme: 8 correct answers vote 18/30 , 9 correct answers 20/30, 10 correct answers vote 22/30, 11 correct answers 24/30, 12 correct answers 26/30, 13 correct answers 28/30, 14 correct answers 30/30.
If the student answers exactly to all the questions, he obtains praise, that in calculating the weighted average worth 32; if he answers to a partially corrected or still more questions worth only one point (two questions partially correct does not count as one right question), if he answers correctly to 7 questions and a partially, is not considered sufficient to pass the exam.
There will be no penalty in case of error.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Through group work, elaboration of a research question by adopting the EPICOT model.
Assessment of the consistency of the paper with the EPICOT model, ability to exhibit and critical and reflective thinking and to bring the paper back to the school internship experience
APPLIED STATISTICS
Written exam with 30 multiple-choice questions. For each question, there may be one to four correct answers. Half of the score of each question will be cut for any wrong or missing answer. The entire mark assigned to a question will be cut if two or more answers are wrong, or if two or more correct answers are missing. Time: 50 minutes. Minimum score: 18.
THE FINAL GRADE IS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE MARKS OBTAINED IN EACH TESTS. Reference texts
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Modulo: 015371 - METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA INFERMIERISTICA
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- Raffaella D'Ercole, Nursing Management
- Methodology and planning for the management and enhancement of nursing staff, Utet, 2020
- Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. Foundations of Nursing Research, McGraw-Hill, 2014
- Lecture notes provided by the teacher
- Methodological articles provided by the teacher
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Modulo: 018909 - STATISTICA APPLICATA
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APPLIED STATISTICS:
Manzoli L, Villari P, Boccia A. Epidemiologia e management in sanità - Elementi di metodologia. Edi-Ermes, 2015
Power-point slides, published scientific articles and other material provided by the teacher.
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Modulo: 53513 - EBN (EVIDENCE BASED NURSING)
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Fain JA, Nursing Research, Ed Mc Graw Hill, Milano, 2004
Chiari P, Mosci D, E. Naldi et all., The evidence-based nursing. Operation Guide for Evidence-Based Nursing, McGraw-Hill
