BSOS0222c Theory of Nursing II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/10/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Gabriela Rozínková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: PhDr. Natália Beharková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BSOS0121c Theory of Nursing I - practice
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to acquaint students with the principles of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN), and with the application of the five basic steps of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Five steps of EBP: development of answerable clinical question, searching for best available evidence, critical appraisal of evidence, implementation of best available evidence to nursing practice, dissemination of results. Students will learn examples of common real nursing practice concerning the possibility of applying the principles of EBN and improving the quality of care. Students will gain insight into the issue of critical appraisal of the quality of scientific outputs. Students will be introduced to the interpretation of scientific and research outputs in the context of nursing practice.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able after the subject graduation: - develop an answerable, focused clinical question - transform the clinical question into a focused search strategy - find the best available scientific evidence in major databases and platforms - analyse the relevance of the scientific evidence towards the clinical question - critically appraise the risk of bias of relevant evidence - interpret high-quality evidence in the context of the clinical question and nursing practice
Syllabus
  • 1) Evidence-Based Nursing - EBN - clarification of the concepts of EBN, EBP and other disciplines of Evidence-Based Healthcare, the importance for practice, world leaders, principles of decission making process in clinical practice 2) Formulation and application of focused clinical questions - their types fro quantitative and qualitative studies (interventional, diagnostic, prognostic, etiological and risk, cost-effectiveness, meaningfulness), transformation of the clinical question into search strategy, sensitivity and specificity of systematic search strategies, suitable scientific databases of electronic sources of quantitative and qualitative evidence, gray literature sources, systematic search strategy flow chart. 3) Relevance analysis by title and abstract, full-text relevance analysis using PICO, PIRD, PEO, PICo, etc. 4) Principles of critical appraisal of methodological quality of particular study designs of quantitative and qualitative studies using international standardized tools. 5) Interpretation and understanding of results of individual study designs in the context of nursing practice, evaluation of the statistical and clinical significance of results (NNT, NNH, absolute vs relative numbers).
Literature
    required literature
  • Marečková, J., Klugarová, J., Klugar, M., Jarošová, D., Zeleníková, T., & Gurková , E. (2015). Evidence-Based Healthcare: Zdravotnictví založené na vědeckých důkazech. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • MELNYK, B. M., & FINEOUT-OVERHOLT, E. (2011). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: a guide to best practice (2nd ed. ed.). Philadelphia, Pa. ; London: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • STAŇKOVÁ, Alena and Andrea POKORNÁ. Evidence based practice in relation to the cappilary blood collection. 2011. info
Teaching methods
practical seminar, reading, seminar work
Assessment methods
seminar work and credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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