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Prerequisites
Identical coursesNursing and Evidence Applications (B-TM-Z25852)
Dutch
First term
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Volckaerts Dirk (coordinator) | N. Aims
Learning Objectives: The student
- Understands the importance of evidence based practice for nursing practice.
- The student will organise him/herself to work independently and in a planned way in order to submit the scientific paper on time.
elaborate the different parts according to the principles of a scientific paper.
- Use an efficient search method to find recent scientific nursing literature.
- The paper should be supported by scientifically valid Dutch and English literature.
- Pay sufficient attention to the structure, style and presentation of the paper.
- References in the paper are correct according to APA style.
- Avoids all forms of plagiarism at all times.
- Critically transfer scientific evidence into nursing practice.
Previous knowledge
To be admitted to the first year, candidates must hold a secondary education certificate issued by the Flemish, French or German Community of Belgium. These certificates give access to all forms of higher education. For candidates with only a foreign diploma, a proficiency level of the Dutch language is required, issued by a recognised language institute. For information about this, please contact the department.
Specific requirements OPO Nursing & Evidence:
- Computer skills (Word, Internet)
- Reading simple English texts with the aid of a translation dictionary
Is included in these courses of study
Activities
3 ects. H-Nursing and evidence applications (B-TM-Z63611)
DutchFormat: Practical-assignmentFirst termN. Content
In this OPO, students learn criteria to distinguish a scientific text from other literature, learn to work with scientific databases (via LIMO, Pubmed, Science Direct, databases with nursing guidelines, Cochrane Library, etc.), learn the basic concepts of scientific research, learn to pay attention to scientific language and refer to it in accordance with APA style.
The following topics are linked from the theory to a nursing relevant topic:
- Define - delineate - situate a topic
- Formulating a question(s)
- Creating a conceptual model
- Using efficient search terms and methods
- Finding and combining relevant sources
- Determining the scientific value of the source
- Selecting useful information
- Reading the information
- Processing and writing the information (content, formatting and style)
- Correctly referencing in the text and in the reading list
Course material
Mandatory:
- Course OPO Nursing & Evidence: Leysens, G. (2021). Nursing & Evidence. Unpublished course OPO Nursing & Evidence, Bachelor of Nursing Phase 1. Thomas More: Lier.
- Pollefliet, L. (2018). Writing from report to thesis. Ghent: Academia Press.
- Nursing diagnostics: Carpenito, L., edited by Brinksma , A., van der Cingel , M., Hellema , F., Jansen, G., Kleve , R., & Nieweg, R. (2018). Excellent nursing: pocket book of nursing diagnoses. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff.
Recommended:
- Tools: checklist, infographics, portal, reference manager, manuals.
- Various online databases (Pubmed, Limo, Sciencedirect, Cochrane ...)
- Reference management via Office Word or Endnoteweb
- Stolp, J., Schouten, I., Den Boer, F., & Zegers M. (2017) Evidence-based practice: handbook for nurses. Benelux: Pearson.
- Learning centre campus Lier
Format: more information
S-labs are being organised within the framework of this OPO, with the aim of working on skills and tinkering with dexterity, pace and fluency for writing scientific texts.
Evaluation
(B-TM-Z95852)
Explanation
| Assessment | Grading scale |
|---|---|
| TOTAL | 1-20/20 scale |
Information about retaking exams
This course unit does not allow partial mark transfers.
Same modality as examination period 1: reworking of the individual written examination paper based on feedback after examination period 1.