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•Enhance knowledge and understanding of research designs.
•Foster an appreciation of the principles and process of evidence based practice and its    
utilisation.       
•Develop critical analysis of research designs.
•Develop critical skills in literature reviewing 
•Acquire skills necessary to develop a research proposal

On successful completion of this module and following a period of personal study it is intended that the student will be able to:
•Develop searchable, answerable practice-related questions using an EBP approach.
•Apply the principles of database searching and literature reviewing. 
•Formulate researchable research questions.
•Critically discuss qualitative and quantitative research methods.
•Critically evaluate research studies in the professional literature.
•Critically discuss methodological rigour of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
•Critically discuss the principles of reporting and disseminating research findings.
•Evaluate research utilisation and application in everyday nursing practice.

Indicative Reading List:
Essential:Melnyk, B & Fineout-Overholt, E (2005) Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: a guide to best practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia.Polit DF, & Beck C (2004) Nursing Research: principles and methods.(7th Edn) Philadelphia: Lippincott.Burns N & Grove SK (2003) Understanding Nursing Research. (3rd Edn). Philadelphia. Saunders. LoBiondo-Wood, G & Haber, J (2005) Nursing research: method and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice. (6th Edn) St Louis: Mosby.Gerrish, K. & Lacey, A. (2006) The Research Process in Nursing (5th Edn). Blackwell Publishing. Oxford.Parahoo, K. (2006) Nursing Research: principles, practice and process (2nd Edn). Palgrave Macmillan. New York.Watson, R, McKenna, H, Cowman, S & Keady, J (2008) Nursing Research: Designs and Methods. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh.Supplementary:Abbott, P & Sapsford, R (1998) Research methods for nurses and the caring professions. Buckingham: Open University Press.Berg, B.L. (2004) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston. Pearson Education.Bowling, A. (2002) Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services. Buckingham. Open University Press.Gillis, A & Jackson, W (2001) Research for nurses: methods and interpretation. Philadelphia: F.A. Davies.Neuman, W.L. (2003) Social Research Methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches. (5th Edn) Allyn & Bacon. Boston.Nicoll, LH (2000) Computers in nursing; nurses’ guide to the internet. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.Nieswiadomy, R.M. (2002) Foundations of Nursing Research. (4th Edn) Pearson Education. New Jersey.Poilt, DF & Hungler, BP (2000) Study guide to accompany essentials of nursing research. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.Silverman, D (2000) Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Struebert, H & Carpenter D (1999) Qualitative research in nursing. Philadelphia: LippincottIndividual lecturers will provide references for journal articles.
Programme: BNS, Access to MSc / Graduate Diploma in Nursing
Date of Last Revision: March 2009

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