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Semester 1

Evidence and Enquiry: Research (NUST08026)

Subject

Nursing Studies

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Please see Additional Restrictions below.

Course Summary

This is a core course in year 2 of the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours (Adult) programme. It aims to provide students with an understanding of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, and the key characteristics of common research designs applicable to nursing and healthcare, (qualitative, quantitative and participatory approaches) linked to the theories that underpin them. Sampling and data collection methods will be introduced. An understanding of research governance, ethics and user involvement will be developed.

Course Description

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, and the key characteristics of common research designs applicable to nursing and healthcare, (qualitative quantitative and participatory approaches) linked to the theories that underpin them. Sampling and data collection methods will be introduced. An understanding of research governance, ethics and user involvement will be developed. **The course will include: 1. An introduction to the philosophical and theoretical foundations of knowledge. 2.An introduction to research designs and approaches to develop practice: experimental; evaluation and audit; surveys; grounded theory, ethnography and phenomenology; mixed methods; participatory action research; critical realist. 3.Ethical dimensions, research governance and user involvement in gathering evidence and ways of evaluating rigour and sources of bias. **The course will adopt a student-centered learning approach with a mix of inputs. These will range from lectures including flipped lectures, research examples, practical research skills sessions and workbooks, class discussions and tutorials. Students will demonstrate their achievement of the learning outcomes through the group presentation and coursework assignment.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a Nursing exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two Nursing courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a third course from this subject area will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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