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NURS 414 Nursing Research: NURS 404 / 409 Course Descriptions

Formerly NURS 404 / 409 Nursing Research / Clinical Research Project

NURS 404 / 409 Course Descriptions

NURS404 Nursing Research

Students focus on the theoretical knowledge relevant to the process and methods of nursing research. Emphasis is on critical analyses and outcomes research. Students apply scientific principles to planning, data collection, analyses and dissemination of research in nursing practice and education

NURS409 Clinical Research Project

In this 3 credit course, students focus on the application of scientific principles to planning, data collection, analysis and dissemination of research in nursing practice and education. Students utilise the knowledge and techniques gained from NURS 404 - Nursing Research to conduct clinical research for problem identification, proposal writing, research implementation and dissemination. Prereq: NURS404 minimum Grade ‘C-’

NURS 404 / 409 Reference and Reading List

Related Library Book Call Numbers

     *RT 81.5

 

Required Texts

Polit, D.F. & Beck, C.T. (2013). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice. (8th ed.).

     Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-1451176797

 

Polit, D.F., & Beck, C. T. (2013). Study guide to accompany essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice. (8th

     ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-1451176834

 

Supplementary Readings

Brown, S. J. (2009). Evidence-based nursing: The research-practice connection. Sudbury. MA: Jones & Bartlett.

 

De Chesnay, M. (2015). Nursing research using historical methods: Qualitative designs and methods in nursing. New York: Springer.

 

Fain, J. A. (2017). Reading, understanding and applying nursing research: A text and workbook. (5th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.

 

Plichta, S. (2009). Statistics for nursing and allied health. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & WIlkins. 

 

Taylor, R. (2014). The essentials of nursing and healthcare research. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications. 

 

Wood, M. J., & Ross-Kerr, J. C. (2010). Basic steps in planning nursing research: From question to proposal. (7th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. ISBN: 978-0763771799

 

 

NURS 404 / 409 Recommended Journals and Websites

Journals and Databases

** The University of The Bahamas subscribes to thousands of journals online through its EbscoHost databases.  Databases of particular interest for nursing research topics are"

CINAHL

PsychINFO

Medline

Academic Search

 

Most journals are online and in full text.  Top ranked journals include:

Annual Review of Nursing Research

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Nursing Research

Nursing Science Quarterly

Western Journal of Nursing Research

 

Websites

Conducting a literature review.  University of The Bahamas LibGuide. http://cob-bs.libguides.com/c.php?g=382112

 

Nursing research. University of The Bahamas LibGuide. http://cob-bs.libguides.com/c.php?g=376154

 

National Institute for Nursing Research. (2017). NINR. http://ninr.nih.gov