KSH 597 - Scientific Research Methods

The aim of this course is to teach the importance of research in the formation of nursing knowledge for graduate students, to be able to read the researches critically, to use them 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 research process and to gain the ability 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, using research results and use of evidence based practices 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.

Course Evaluation:

Achievement: 25% Midterm + 25% Homework + 50% Final exam% 100

The mid-term and final exams of the course will consist of 75% questions and 25% of open-ended questions.

In the course paper, each student will prepare a basic research plan in accordance with Steps 1 and 2 of the Quantitative Research Process given in Figure 1.3 in the 1st unit of the Nursing Research Book in Erdoğan and Nahcivan (2015). The latest written will deliver on 20 May, 2019 at 17:00.

Evaluation of homework; based on the scientific direction and accuracy of the research plan, the first step will be 40 points, the second step will be 40 points, and the resource usage and representation will be evaluated as 20 points (100 points total).

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.