NURSING METHODOLOGY BASED ON EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVENESS Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: MARCO DI MUZIO
Module 1: STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
- Activity type
- Scienze interdisciplinari
- SSD
- SECS-S/02
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- Daniele Giansanti
Module 2: INFORMATION PROCESSING
- Activity type
- Scienze interdisciplinari
- SSD
- ING-INF/05
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
Module 3: NURSING EVIDENCE
- Activity type
- Scienze propedeutiche
- SSD
- MED/01
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- Daniele Giansanti
Module 4: METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
- Activity type
- Scienze infermieristiche
- SSD
- MED/45
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 24 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- MARCO DI MUZIO
Module 5: MEDICAL STATISTICS
- Activity type
- Scienze infermieristiche
- SSD
- MED/45
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- MARCO DI MUZIO
Learning outcomes
At the end of the Course the student will be able to: define Nursing knowledge domain and development; explain the benefit of Nursing Research for Citizens; discuss fundamental aims of Nursing research; define and discuss priority areas of Nursing Research; quantitative and qualitative methods study design; explain the Nursing research process and peculiarities; perform a bibliography search on a Nursing phenomena and discuss the results; use bibliography search results in a specific field of interest; demonstrate capacity in reading and discussing a research article; discuss ethical involvement in Nursing research; be able to define a research statement and questions; discuss Evidence Based Nursing and implications in clinical practice.
Prerequisites
Access to the exam will be allowed only to those who have attended at least 66% of the hours of the module.
Programme
Introduction to qualitative research
Differences between qualitative and quantitative research
From the problem to the research question
The literature review
The drafting of the research protocol
the phenomenological method
The ethnographic method
The sampling of the participants
Data and collection methods
The triangulation of data
Critical appraisal
Books
1. Polit, D.F. & Beck, C.T. (2014). Nursing Research: Principles and Methods. LWW; Seventh edition
Bibliography
Module: STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
N/D
Module: INFORMATION PROCESSING
N/D
Module: NURSING EVIDENCE
N/D
Module: METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Lessons mode
Module: STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
N/D
Module: INFORMATION PROCESSING
N/D
Module: NURSING EVIDENCE
N/D
Module: METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Frequency
Module: STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
N/D
Module: INFORMATION PROCESSING
N/D
Module: NURSING EVIDENCE
N/D
Module: METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Exam mode
The assessment of learning will be carried out by means of a written test. For the Nursing Research module there will be 31 multiple-choice questions (1 pt for each correct answer).
Example exam questions
Module: STATISTICS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
N/D
Module: INFORMATION PROCESSING
N/D
Module: NURSING EVIDENCE
N/D
Module: METHODOLOGY OF NURSING RESEARCH
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Arguments
- Introduction to the Course. Nursing Science. From Paradigm to Science; From Paradigm to Research. Introduction to nursing research.
- From Research to Clinical Practice; Essential concepts and phases in qualitative and quantitative research.
- Ethical principles in research; Problems, questions and research hypotheses. Quantitative research designs; Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies; Data measurement and quality.
Sustainability goals
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsNursing - Roma Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea
- Languageeng
- CFU6 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration72 hours