Research in Nursing

  Faculty: Jane Leach PhD, RNC

Midwestern State University                      Wilson School  of Nursing                               Bridwell Hall 319

Email: Web CT is the preferred method of communication for this class and will be used for faculty updates and announcements. If you are unable to access Web CT you may contact me by campus email at jane.leach@mwsu.edu                                                    Phone appointments available

 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course prepares students to critique research literature for appropriateness and utilization in nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on increasing knowledge and skills related to the development and evaluation of research proposals. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies are explored.

 PREREQUISITES:

Undergraduate statistics course

 CREDIT HOUR ALLOCATION:

3 semester hours (3 classroom and 0 clinical clock hours)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

LEARNING EXPERIENCES:

The students will engage in a variety of learning experiences including online discussions, quizzes, readings, and preparation of a review of literature pertinent to the question(s) to be answered in their Evidence Based Practice Project.

 REQUIRED TEXTS

RECOMMENDED RESOURCEs

Polit, D.F. & Beck, C. T.  (2012). Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice 9^th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

 APA Manual (6^th Edition)

MSU NURSING DEPARTMENT GRADING SCALE

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Graduate students are held to the highest standard of academic honesty. Plagiarism is any assignment will earn a grade of 0. The best way to avoid plagiarism, or the appearance thereof, is to reference all quotations or paraphrased material in accordance with APA 6^th edition. Material that is not cited should represent the student’s own work. This includes the Appraisal Table.

MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT HONOR CREED

“As an MSU Student, I pledge not to lie, cheat, steal, or help anyone else to do so.”

 As students at MSU, we recognize that any great society must be composed of empowered, responsible citizens. We also recognize universities play an important role in helping mold these responsible citizens. We believe students themselves play an important part in developing responsible citizenship by maintaining a community where integrity and honorable character are the norm, not the exception.

 Thus, we, the Students of Midwestern State University, resolve to uphold the honor of the University by affirming our commitment to complete academic honesty. We resolve not only to be honest but also to hold our peers accountable for complete honesty in all university matters.

 We consider it dishonest to ask for, give, or receive help in examinations or quizzes, to use any unauthorized material in examinations, or to present, as one’s own work, work or ideas which are not entirely one’s own. We recognize that any instructor has the right to expect that all student work is honest, original work. We accept and acknowledge that responsibility for lying, cheating, stealing, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty fundamentally rests within each individual student.

 We expect of ourselves academic integrity, personal professionalism, and ethical character. We appreciate steps taken by University officials to protect the honor of the University against any who would disgrace the MSU student body by violating the spirit of this creed.

 Written and adopted by the 2002-2003 MSU Student Senate

Course grade will be calculated as follows

 Discussions/activities on Blackboard                                     20 %      

PICO question                               Appendix A                             06 %

NIH Research Ethics Training                                                     10 %      

4 Online quizzes                                                                             04 %     

Assignment – Appraisal Table   Appendix B                           20 %      

Evidence Based Final Paper         Appendix C                         35 %      

Comprehensive Quiz                                                                     05 % 

                                                                                                          100%

 Please Note:

Each week starts on Saturdays and ends on Friday. Assignments are due Fridays at 10 pm unless noted otherwise

Evidenced Based Practice Final Paper

 Ideas for Selection of an Evidence-Based Intervention for Practice

1. Describe a Clinical Problem that you see or have seen in your practice. It can be any patient care problem or issue that is of interest to you in your current practice, or for your future role as an administrator, nurse practitioner, or educator. A way to identify an area of interest may be to ask yourself or colleagues questions such as: Is there a better way of doing something? Would another intervention be more effective and improve patient outcomes? Give some data (at least one rate, ratio or cost) from your agency or from the health care literature that supports the fact that this is a patient care problem. Share your final PICO question you have developed.

2. Review recent research and practice literature and select an intervention that might address this patient care issue. The intervention may be in the form of a new policy, protocol, algorithm or procedure that would change patient care. What evidence-based intervention exists to improve current care in terms of patient, provider, or health care agency outcomes? Try to identify something for which you really want an answer. You might also get ideas from Research for Practice, an ongoing section in AJN, or research articles from nursing specialty journals.

3. Review a variety of evidence-based websites such as those in your textbook and on our course Web link site.

4. Summarize what is known and not known about the problem area selected.

5. Appraise the quality of the existing research on the problem/intervention. This is done through your appraisal table and through your discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of available research.

6. Identify, revise, or develop a policy, protocol, algorithm or procedure to be used in your practice site.

7. Provide a copy of the policy, protocol, algorithm, or procedure with its references.

8. Provide a reference list for your paper.

Grade Sheet and Guidelines for Evidence-Based Practice Paper

10     I.      Introduction to the Evidence-Based Practice Project: Identify the problem in practice and the intervention to be used to address the problem. Use references to substantiate claims made in your introduction.

20     II.        Review of relevant sources. Summary/Synthesis of Current Research Knowledge (what is known and not known). Summary must be documented. Summary provides the knowledge base or evidence for making a change in practice.

                            (15 points) A. What is known?                       (5 points) B. What is not known?

      50      III.     Appraisal of relevant research-Use textbook and the AJN Article 5 (in the media                      library of the WEBCT) course site to guide you in explaining why you believe the research on your EBP topic is strong or weak.  Include an appraisal table with at least 10 articles concerning your EBP topic.

      10      IV.      Protocol, Algorithm, or Standardized Guideline for Evidence-Based Project

A. Provide a copy of the documented protocol, algorithm, or standardized guideline.

B. Discuss the protocol, algorithm, or standardized guideline you might use in your later EBP project . Indicate if you will develop the protocol or algorithm; revise it from an agency document; use a document that was previously published; or use a national standardized guideline found in the literature or on the WEB.  If it is based on existing document, include a copy of this document. Briefly identify any revisions you anticipate making to the existing document.         

     10        V.      Reference Lists: APA Format

Limit the paper to 10 pages (including references).  Use font size 12, one inch margins, and double spacing.  Add your appraisal table at the end of your paper.  It will not count in your maximum 10 pages.

You need a title page; no Table of Contents; and may include subject headings. Please save as a word document and save as Your LastName. EBP Paper

 Grading rubrics and criteria for written assignments are found in D2L. Assignments need to be uploaded to the Dropbox.

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS: Please save all documents as a word document and save as (Your Name. name of assignment) Example:  Leach EBP Paper.

Timely submission of all assignments is required. In the event that a student needs an extension due to compelling circumstances, this is to be discussed well in advance of the due date. Late assignments will receive a 5 point per day reduction in score except in emergent circumstances; it is important to note that a late submission date must be negotiated in advance except in an emergent circumstances.

It is likely you will be asked to submit the work completed to date so that faculty can see that an effort has been made to complete the assignment and that the emergency is not poor planning.    

Rubric for Assignments on the Discussion Board for Asynchronous Discussions
DQ are assignments in which you post your own idea/work and others critique it and make suggestions