NS6020 - Research: Theory and Methodology

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject will assist the student in developing a scientific base of knowledge fundamental to nursing practice through the development and application of research. The subject builds on knowledge commonly taught in undergraduate research programs. After reinforcing the link between theory and research, it will expand on different methodologies useful for research and focus on ethical and cultural aspects in research.

Learning Outcomes

• appreciate the important role culture and ethics play in research and in the application of ethical procedures related to the conduct of research;
• critically evaluate research findings and their suitability for application in practice;
• describe features of cross-cultural research and identify its methodological problems;
• describe the development of theories and distinguish between conceptual and theoretical frameworks;
• discuss the relationship between theory and research and its basis in major philosophical orientations;
• identify advanced research methodologies and relate them to their respective paradigms.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS5201

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coordinator:	Professor Kim Usher
Lecturer:	Professor Anne Gardner.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignments.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.