Placement: 1st Year
Hours of Instruction
Theory 150 Hours
Practical 100 Hours
Total : 250 Hours
Part-A : Nursing Research
Theory 100 Hours
Practical 50 Hours
Total : 150 Hours
Course Description:
The course is designed to assist the students to acquire an understanding of
the research methodology and statistical methods as a basis for identifying
research problem, planning and implementing a research plan. It will
further enable the students to evaluate research studies and utilize research
findings to improve quality of nursing practice, education and management.
General Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Define basic research terms and concepts.
2. Review literature utilizing various sources
3. Describe research methodology
4. Develop a research proposal.
5. Conduct a research study.
6. Communicate research findings
7. Utilize research findings
8. Critically evaluate nursing research studies.
9. Write scientific paper for publication.
Content Outline
Unit Hours
Theory Practical
Course Content
I 10 Introduction:
Methods of acquiring knowledge – problem solving and
scientific method.
Research – Definition, characteristics, purposes, kinds of
research
Historical Evolution of research in nursing
Basic research terms
Scope of nursing research: areas, problems in nursing,
health and social research
Concept of evidence based practice
Ethics in research
Overview of Research process
II 5 5 Review of Literature
Importance, purposes, sources, criteria for selection of
resources and steps in reviewing literature.
III 12 Research Approaches and designs
Type: Quantitative and Qualitative
Historical, survey and experimental –Characteristics,
types advantages and disadvantages
Qualitative: Phenomenology, grounded theory,
ethnography
IV 10 5 Research problem:
Identification of research problem
Formulation of problem statement and research
objectives
Definition of terms
Assumptions and delimitations
Identification of variables
Hypothesis – definition, formulation and types.
V 5 5 Developing theoretical/conceptual framework.
Theories: Nature, characteristics, Purpose and uses
Using, testing and developing conceptual framework,
models and theories.
VI 6 Sampling
Population and sample
Factors influencing sampling
Sampling techniques
Sample size
Probability and sampling error
Problems of sampling
Unit Hours
Theory Practical
Course Content
VII 20 10 Tools and methods of Data collection:
Concepts of data collection
Data sources, methods/techniques quantitative and
qualitative.
Tools for data collection – types, characteristics and their
development
Validity and reliability of tools
Procedure for data collection
VIII 5 Implementing research plan
Pilot Study, review research plan (design)., planning for
data collection, administration of tool/interventions,
collection of data
IX 10 10 Analysis and interpretation of data
Plan for data analysis: quantitative and qualitative
Preparing data for computer analysis and presentation.
Statistical analysis
Interpretation of data
Conclusion and generalizations
Summary and discussion
X 10 Reporting and utilizing research findings:
Communication of research results; oral and written
Writing research report purposes, methods and stylevancouver,
American Psychological Association(APA),
Campbell etc
Writing scientific articles for publication: purposes &
style
XI 3 8 Critical analysis of research reports and articles
XII 4 7 Developing and presenting a research proposal
Activities:
• Annotated Bibliography of research reports and articles.
• Review of literature of selected topic and reporting
• Formulation of problem statement, objective and hypothesis
• Developing theoretical/conceptual framework.
• Preparation of a sample research tool
• Analysis and interpretation of given data
• Developing and presenting research proposal
• Journal club presentation
• Critical evaluation of selected research studies
• Writing a scientific paper.
