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Nursing 433 (Nursing Research II)

Syllabus - Lycoming College - Spring 2003

Meeting Times and Place: Mon & Wed, 9:00-11:20am in room C300 – Academic Center

This half-unit (two-credit) course is the first half of a two-course sequence, which is a senior year requirement for nursing majors and is taught as a writing intensive (W) course.

Instructors:

Doris Parrish, PhD, RN

Office: AC D211

Phone: (570) 321-4224

Email: parrish@lycoming.edu

Gene D. Sprechini, PhD

Office: AC D311

Phone: (570) 321-4288

Email: sprgene@lycoming.edu

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Catalog Description: Implementation of the research process. Proposals submitted in Nursing 432 will provide the basis for data collection, analysis and reporting of research findings. Continued development of critical analysis skills.

Prerequisites: Nursing 432 or consent of instructor. Not open to students who have completed Nursing 435. Open to non-nursing majors.

Overview: This course is intended to assist the student to appreciate research as a nursing function in the practice of professional nursing. Research design, data collection techniques and the critique of nursing research literature will be emphasized as applicable to the beginning professional practitioner of nursing. The student will identify a clinical nursing problem, formulate a research proposal, and systematically carry out the proposal through the stages of data collection and analysis.

Content:

·  The research process - an overview

·  Goals of nursing research

·  Types of research designs

·  Steps of the research process

·  Evaluation of research reports

·  Utilization of research

Required Texts:

Articles(copies can be purchased at the college bookstore):

  1. McCarthy, M.J. et al. (2002).  Empowering parents through asthma education, Pediatric Nursing, 28(5):465-474.
  2. Monahan, D.J. & Hopkins, K.  (2002).  Nurses, long term care and eldercare: impact on work performance, Nursing Economics, 20(6):266-272.
  3. Wilhelm, L. (2002).  Factors affecting a woman’s intent to adopt hormone replacement therapy for menopause, JOGNN, 31(6):698-707).
  4. Geden, E., Isaramalai, S. & Taylor, S. (2002).  Influences of partners’ views of asthma self-management and family environment on asthmatic adults’ asthma quality of life, Applied Nursing Research, 15(4):217-226.
  5. Kalliath, T. & Morris, R. (2002).  Job satisfaction among nurses:  a predictor of burnout levels, JONA,32(12):648-654.
  6. Keane, A. et al. (2002).  Factors associated with distress in urban residential fire survivors, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34(1):11-18.
  7. Staggers, N., Gassert, C.A. & Curran, C. (2002).  A Delphi study to determine informatics competencies for nurses at four levels of practice, Nursing Research, 51(6):383-390.
  8. Van Niekerk, L.M. & Martin, F. (2002).  The impact of nurse-physician professional relationship on nurses’ experience of ethical dilemmas in effective pain management, Journal of Professional Nursing, 18(5):276-288.
  9. LeVasseur, J.J. (2002).  A phenomenological study of the art of nursing: experiencing the turn, Advances in Nursing Science, 24(4):14-26.

Format of Course: Class meetings will involve lecture, discussion, and small group work sessions. Several out of class activities will be assigned. Students are expected to meet with their project instructors at a mutually agreeable time throughout the semester, to discuss project progress and/or problems.

Attendance and Participation: All students are expected to attend class and to participate in all class activities. The final grade may be raised or lowered at the discretion of the instructor(s) on the basis of the students attendance. If a student is unable to be present for an examination due to illness, the instructor is to be notified in advance of the examination. Prior to each class, students are expected to have completed the reading assignment for that class.

Due Dates: Each student is responsible for meeting the deadlines. When necessary, the student is responsible for requesting an extension of the deadline in advance of a due date. Automatic approval of an extension request should not be assumed.

Written Work:

Submissions should be typewritten and double spaced and must follow APA format. All students will be required to utilize a word processing program on a computer. This will facilitate revision and editing.

Qualities which will influence your grade include: Appropriateness, conciseness, comprehensiveness, clarity, accurateness, proper grammar and use of proper format.

The departmental policy regarding missed deadlines for papers will be utilized; this policy is to deduct one letter grade for each day late.

Course Outline and Schedule

Evaluation and Grading:

The final course average is computed from the following:

Evaluation Method

Percent of Final Course Average

Final Examination

30%

Research Project

 

Individual Report Submissions

10%

Final Report

50%

Presentation

10%

Required Submissions:

Letters requesting institutional permission to conduct studies - due 01/20/03

Consent Forms - due 01/22/03

Methodology: Proposed Treatment of Data (Chapter III-C of the Research Paper) - due 01/27/03

Revision of Chapters I, II, III-A, and III-B of the Research Paper - 02/03/03

Revision of Chapters I, II, and III - due 02/17/03

Results: Analysis of Findings (Chapter IV of the Research Paper) - due 02/26/03 - if you have not yet been able to do the data analysis necessary to write this chapter, then you must submit a schedule outlining when you expect to complete your data analysis.

Discussion: Conclusions and Implications for Nursing (Chapter V of the Research Paper) - due 03/12/03

Revision of Chapters I, II, III, and IV - due 03/14/03

Abstract of the Research Paper - due 03/19/03

Revision of entire research paper (This is an opportunity for students to get feedback and make improvements before the final version of the paper is submitted and graded.) - due by 4:00pm 03/20/03

Final Paper - due by 4:00pm 03/28/03