HEM 597 - Scientific Research Methods

The aim of this course is to teach the importance of research in the formation of nursing knowledge in graduate students, to read of crititical the articles and them to use in nursing care, to know the ways of scientific knowledge and the steps of the research process, to research the problems encountered by nursing in the clinical / field by searching the research process and to plan a basic level research.

This course includes the philosophy of science, inductive ways and logic of induction, ways of knowing, sources of knowledge, importance of scientific research in nursing discipline, steps of research process, recognition of problem, review of literature, research question and hypothesis, quantitative and qualitative research designs, universe, sample determination of data types, valid reliable data collection methods, principles of research and publication ethics, writing and publishing research reports, research results and applications based on evidence in nursing care.

8. Polit DF, Beck CT. (2014). Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice. the 9th  Edition Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. USA.

9. Wood GL, Haber J. (2006). Nursing Research, Methods And Critical Appraisal For Evidence-Base Practice. Mosby Elseiver. ISBN-10: 1496351290.

Evaluation of the Course:

Success: 25% Midterm + 25% Homework + 50% Final exam = 100%

Midterm and final exams of the course will consist of 75% multiple choice questions and 25% weight open-ended questions.

In the homework of the course, each student will critically evaluate a research article according to the questions on page 382-384 of the 12th unit of Erdogan and Nakhcivan (2015) research book in Nursing and present it according to the prepared presentation list. Each student, Erdogan and Nakhchivan (2015) will prepare a basic simple research plan according to the 1st and 2nd steps of the Quantitative Research Process given in Figure 1.3 in the first unit of the research book in Nursing. Will deliver on April 2020 at 17:00.

Evaluation of the homework; Based on the scientific direction and accuracy of the research plan, 1st step will be 30 points, 2nd step will be 40 points, resource use and representation will be 10 points, and the article presentation will be evaluated as 20 points (Total 100 points).

Students must attend 70% of the course. Each student has to follow the course to continue. The student who cannot fulfill the condition of attendance can not take the Final and make-up exam.
The course must be entered in time.