Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Recognise the importance of evidence for nursing/midwifery practice
2. Improve their information retrieval skills
3. Access appropriate and relevant evidence
4. Assess the quality and utility of the evidence for clinical practice
5. Structure clinical questions using the relevant appraisals tools
6. Identify the relationship between clinical guidelines, clinical audit and evidence-based nursing/midwifery practice

Indicative Module Content:

Evidence based practice research question types and formats
Development of information retrieval skills
Connecting research approaches to appropriate question types and designs
Identifying and appraising qualitative research designs aligned to meaning question types
Identifying and appraising quantitative research designs aligned to prognostic, etiologic and intervention question types
Ethical integrity in research and evidence based practice

Student Effort Type	Hours
Autonomous Student Learning	130
Placement/Work Experience	70
Online Learning	50
Total	250

Not applicable to this module.

Equivalents:
Evidence Based Practice HCare (NURS30970)


 

Assessment Strategy  

Description	Timing		Component Scale		% of Final Grade
Attendance: Attendance and participation in clinical learning days	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	20
Continuous Assessment: Development of a research matrix	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Pass/Fail Grade Scale	No	10
Assignment: Review of Evidence	End of Year Transition	n/a	Graded	No	70

 

Remediation Type	Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit	Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

Group feedback to students on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment Feedback in relation to the final assessment component (Evidence Review) will be provided post-assessment individually to students by appointment.

Essential Text
Boswell, C. and Cannon, S. (2020) Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice. Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC. eBook available http://library.ucd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2272843

Recommended
Barker, J., Linsley, P., Kane, R. (2016) Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals. 3rd edn. London: SAGE.
Brown, C. E., Kim, S. C., Stichler, J. F., & Fields, W. (2010). Predictors of knowledge, attitudes, use and future use of evidence-based practice among baccalaureate nursing students at two universities. Nurse Education Today, 30(6), 521-527. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.021
Caldwell, K., Coleman, K., Copp, G., Bell, L., & Ghazi, F. (2007). Preparing for professional practice: How well does professional training equip health and social care practitioners to engage in evidence-based practice? Nurse Education Today, 27(6), 518-528. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.014
Clark, A. M. (2013). Getting streetwise: A metaphor for empowering nurses for evidence-based practice. Nurse Education Today, 33(1), 3-4. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.08.010
Ellis, P. (2019) Evidence-based Practice in Nursing. 4th edn. London: SAGE
French, B. (1998). Developing the skills required for evidence-based practice. Nurse Education Today, 18(1), 46-51. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0260-6917(98)80034-8
Harvey, M., Land, L. (2017). Research Methods for Nurses and Midwives Theory and Practice. Sage:UK Johns, C. (2009). Becoming a Reflective Practitioner (4th Edition). Wiley-Blackwell: UK
Jolley J. (2013) Introducing Research and Evidence Based Practice for Nursing and Health Care Professionals (2nd Edition). Pearson: UK
Makic, M. B. F., Martin, S. A., Burns, S., Philbrick, D., & Rauen, C. (2013). Putting Evidence Into Nursing Practice: Four Traditional Practices Not Supported by the Evidence. [Article]. Critical Care Nurse, 33(2), 28-44. doi: 10.4037/ccn2013787
Machi L., McEvoy B.T. (2009) The Literature Review, Six Steps to Success. Corwin Press: USA
Melnyk, B.M., Fineout-Overholt, E. (2011) Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice (2nd Edition) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
NMBI, (2000). Guidance to Nurses and Midwives on the Development of Policies, Guidelines and Protocols. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Polit, D.F., Beck, C.T. (2012) Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (9th edition) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Polit, D.F., Beck, C.T. (2010) Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice. 7th edn. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Polit D.F., Beck C. (2014) Essentials for Nursing Research Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice (8th Edition). Wolters Kluwer Health ǀ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins:US
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2012). Toolkit: Implementation of best practice guidelines (2nd Ed.). Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. http://rnao.ca/bpg/resources/toolkit-implementation-best-practice-guidelines-second-edition
Rempher, K.J. (2007) How to appraise quantitative research articles. American Nurse Today pp.26-28
Sackett, D. L., Rosenberg, W. M. C., Gray, M. J. A., Haynes, B. R., & Richardson, S. W. (1996). Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ, 312(71).
Twycross, A. (2004) Validity and reliability – What’s it all about? Part 1 Validity in quantitative studies. Paediatric Nursing 16(9) p.28
Twycross, A. (2004) Validity and reliability – What’s it all about? Part 2 Validity in quantitative studies. Paediatric Nursing 16(10) p. 36
Van Wagner (2012) Midwives using research:evidence based practice & evidence-informed midwifery, in Comprehensive Midwifery: The role of the midwife in health care practice, education, and research :An Interactive Guide to the Theory and Evidence of Practice ( Editors Eileen K. Hutton, Beth Murray-Davis, Karyn Kaufamn, Elaine Carty, Michelle Butler) https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/cmroleofmidwifery/chapter/midwives-using-research-evidence-based-practice-evidence-informed-midwifery/


Resources
https://health.gov.ie/national-patient-safety-office/ncec/national-clinical-guidelines/
http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/qualityandpatientsafety/Clinical_Audit/clauditfilespdfs/practicalguideclaudit2013.pdf
file:///C:/Users/babsm_000/Downloads/NCEC-Standards-for-Clinical-Practice-Guidance.-Nov-2015.pdf
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/about-cdsr
http://www.ucd.ie/library/onlinetools/
http://www.ucd.ie/library/researchers/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/use-of-improvement-methods/nationalframeworkdevelopingpolicies/8-evidence-based-practice-a-practice-manual.pdf
https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6920-5-1
https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/knowledge-management/health-intelligence-work/evidence-based-health-care/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/knowledge-management/health-intelligence-files/evidence-based-nursing-and-midwifery-practice.pdf
http://www.ucd.ie/researchethics/

Name	Role
Assoc Professor Barbara Coughlan	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer