Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The course prepares students for reading, evaluating and utilising scientific information in nursing.

After completing the course, the student
• Is able to identify, search, evaluate and utilise health care information sources.
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice in nursing.
• Knows evidence-based clinical guidelines in health care.

Content (course unit)

• Scientific literacy and source criticism
• Evidence-based practice in nursing
• Clinical guidelines in health care
• Structured data search and key health care databases

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass: The student
• Knows basics of the structured data search.
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice in nursing.
• Can assess the reliability of the searched information.
• Identifies evidence-based clinical guidelines in health care.

Fail: The student
• Does not know basics of the structured data search.
• Does not understand the importance of evidence-based practice in nursing.
• Cannot assess the reliability of the searched information.
• Does not identify evidence-based clinical guidelines in health care.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail