Research for Advancing Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care

Course aim

Students will develop competencies in designing research that incorporates appropriate conceptual, methodological and ethical requirements to inform nursing, midwifery and health care practice, knowledge and research.

Course content

Nature of knowledge; advancing nursing, midwifery and health care through research; major issues and debates in contemporary nursing; midwifery and health care research; research paradigms, theories and frameworks; the research process; developing research questions; different research designs and methods; searching databases; critical appraisal of literature; literature reviews; research ethics; research proposals.

Textbook(s)

Holloway, I & Galvin, K 2016, Qualitative Research in Nursing and Healthcare, 4th edn, eBook, Wiley, Newark

Grove, SK, Gray, JR & Burns, N 2014, Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice, 6th edition (eBook), Elsevier, Saint Louis

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External	13 weeks x -
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Workshop	6 x 2 hrs x fortnightly
Directed Study	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Literature Review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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