Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The Student
- is able to describe the scientific research process in nursing research
- is able to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research approaches
- is able to choose suitable data collection and analysis methods for the research approach
- be able to evaluate the ethical principles of scientific research
- knows the basic concepts of statistics

Content (course unit)

- recent nursing research
- research ethics
- the stages of the research process
- empirical research: quantitative and qualitative
- theoretical research
- the reliability of the study
- basics of statistics

Prerequisites (course unit)

Completed Structured Data Search

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The Student
- can describe superficially the stages of the research process
- be able to look at the reliability of research and research ethics issues in a limited way
- is able to describe the theoretical, quantitative and qualitative research approach in a limited way

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The Student
- can describe well the stages of the research process
- is able to describe the reliability of research and research ethics issues
- is familiar with the principles of theoretical, quantitative and qualitative research approach as a rule

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The Student
- is able to describe the research process with various justifications and examples
- is able to describe issues related to research reliability and research ethics in a variety of ways
- clearly knows the principles of quantitative and qualitative research approach
- is able to consider and evaluate research methods suitable for different situations

Exam schedules

PART 1: Group exam during the last session, (numeric, F, 1-5) Group division bases on activeness in class.Re-takes are individual exams:
Retake 1: in Exam area, open
Retake 2: in Exam area, open

PART 2: (Pass/fail) completion of the online Moodle course and passing electronic Exam on statistics.
Exam will be open 15.1.-2.3.2025.
During this time, you have chance for two re-takes - you can reserve exam time three times with the same code. Please note that it is not possible to have two reservations for the same exam on same day.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam part 1 and 2 passed satisfactorily.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

contact lectures, guided work independently and in groups

If student is not present in the orientation lesson, nor has informed teacher about the absence, their enrolment to the implementation will be cancelled.

The implementation plan may be modified before the orientation lesson

Learning materials

Books:
(online)
Fain, James. Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research, 5e. F. A. Davis Company, 2017.

The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland 2023 (PDF)

Glasper, Edward Alan, and Colin Rees. Nursing and Healthcare Research at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Extra readings
Curtis E, Drennan J (eds.) (2013) Quantitative health research: Issues and methods. Open University Press, Maidenhead. eBook.

Denzin NK & Lincoln YS (eds.) (2018) The SAGE handbook of qualitative research. SAGE, Los Angeles.

Kyngäs H, Mikkonen K, Kääriäinen M (eds.) (2020) The application of content analysis in nursing science research. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Polit DF & Beck CT (2017) Nursing research: generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia.

Other material that teacher provides in lessons /in Moodle

Student workload

Total study hours 81 h.
Includes lectures, and online studies, group work, Independent study throughout the course (includes, for example, e-learning, course literature studying)

Content scheduling

PART 1: Nursing research. Contact lessons

PART 2: Health statistics. Online moodle-course

Further information

If student is not present in the orientation lesson, nor has informed beforehand teacher about the absence, their enrolment to the course will be cancelled.