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Course: Evidence-based nursing

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Course title Evidence-based nursing
Course code FZS/OZD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
Lectures: 1) Introduction to basic terminology related to EBN and EBP; effectiveness of EBN and EBP in the Czech nursing environment 2) Formulation of clinical question and determination of research problem within EBN and EBP 3) Strategy of searching for evidence (evidence), sorting of acquired source materials, electronic databases, manual search of search 4) Evaluation of quality of found evidence critical analysis of obtained results 5) Implementing Evidence into Clinical Practice Limits; clinical guidelines Exercises: 1) Basic terminology of EBN, EBP 2) The role of nurses in the use of EBN and EBP in nursing care 3) Critical evaluation of the study; the use of studies and research work in clinical practice 4) Clinical best practices 5) Project structure of evidence-based practice

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as a theoretical-practical unit. It deals with the methodology of research and application of evidence-based practice in nursing. It leads students to critical scientific thinking: understanding the need and importance of the scientific approach in nursing practice. It acquaints them with basic steps of the research process, selection of appropriate methods, orientation and processing of results. It emphasizes that evidence-based nursing practice is a process in which best practice is combined with nursing expertise and patient preferences to determine optimal care.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - seminar paper and defense. Exam: - oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • BARKER, Janet. Evidence-based practice for nurses. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2013. ISBN 978-1-446-25229-1.
  • BROWN, Sarah Jo. Evidence-based nursing: the research-practice connection. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017. ISBN 978-1-284-09943-0.
  • GODSHALL, Maryann. Fast facts for evidence-based practice in nursing: implementing EBP in a nutshell. New York: Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8261-9407-7.
  • GURKOVÁ, Elena a Renáta ZELENÍKOVÁ. Klinické prostředí v přípravě sester: organizace, strategie, hodnocení. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0583-0.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D., I. PLEVOVÁ a Y. VRUBLOVÁ, ed. Implementace praxe založené na důkazech do výuky. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Lékařská fakulta, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7368-967-4.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, Darja a Renáta ZELENÍKOVÁ. Ošetřovatelství založeno na důkazech: Evidence Based Nursing. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5345-4.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, Darja et al. Klinické doporučené postupy v ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5426-0.
  • LOBIONDO-WOOD, Geri a Judith HABER. Nursing research: methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice. State Louis: Elsevier, 2018. ISBN 978-0-323-43131-6.
  • MAREČKOVÁ, Jana et al. Evidence-Based Healthcare: Zdravotnictví založené na vědeckých důkazech. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-4784-1.


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