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:
ô€‚‰ Methods of acquiring knowledge – problem solving and
scientific method.
ô€‚‰ 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
ô€‚‰ 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
ô€‚‰ 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.
ô€‚‰ 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.
