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
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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
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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

  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Goal8
  • 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