Module PF1001-KP05

Duration

2 Semester

Turnus of offer

beginning each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, nursing science

Classes and lectures:

• PF1001-Ü: Scientific Work (exercise, 2 SWS)
• PF1001-S: Theories and Methods of Nursing Science (seminar, 1 SWS)
• PF1001-V: Theories and Methods of Nursing Science (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 75 hours private studies
• 75 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basics of scientific work: o Characteristics of scientific work o Good practice in clinical research o Plagiarism, use of AI o Methods of individual knowledge acquisition and competence building o Introduction to self-regulated learning o Structure of scientific texts & scientific writing (citation rules and programmes)
• Fundamentals and methods of evidence-based nursing practice (EbP): o Nursing as a scientific discipline and forms of knowledge in nursing o The research process and important quality characteristics of research o Research approaches (primary/secondary research, qualitative/quantitative research) and research designs depending on the research interest o Development of scientific questions (PICOD scheme), research strategies and implementation of systematic literature searches in various databases (e.g. Medline (via PubMed), CINAHL), selection of research results o Evaluation of the quality of studies
• Fundamentals of nursing theories: o Fundamentals of scientific theory: theories, theory formation and theory testing in nursing o Overview of nursing theories o Deepening against the background of EBP o Familiarisation with selected theories with practical examples

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Broadening of knowledge: Students have a basic understanding of the various approaches and methods of scientific knowledge acquisition and theory formation.
• Broadening/deepening knowledge: They know and understand central scientific concepts, models and theories of nursing. They have an in-depth understanding of the purpose and function, the theoretical and empirical foundations, the core elements and the scope and validity of frequently received nursing theories.
• Broadening knowledge: They know and understand the significance and scientific-theoretical foundations as well as the principles of EBP and healthcare. They are aware of the resulting requirements for incorporating research-based knowledge into their own professional nursing activities.
• Broadening knowledge: You know and understand the characteristics and principles of scientific work. They know and understand the process and the essential quality criteria for generating scientific knowledge through research.
• Broadening knowledge: You have an overview of different approaches and designs of empirical research and have an initial understanding of the dependence of the research design on the research interest.
• Broadening knowledge: They know and understand the necessity of continuous, responsible, self-directed learning as the basis for professional nursing care and are familiar with important learning methods.
• Broadening/deepening knowledge: They know and understand the resources and methods for systematic research of scientific literature, especially in electronic databases, and are familiar with their functional principle and bibliographic terminology.
• Instrumental, communicative and systemic competences: You will be able to formulate a suitable question for the targeted research of scientific literature based on specific problems in your own professional practice and derive a search strategy and selection criteria from this using the PIKO scheme.
• Instrumental, communicative and systemic skills: They use their methodological knowledge and can carry out systematic literature research in scientific databases, secure the results of this research and summarise them adequately in a scientific text.
• Instrumental, communicative and systemic skills: You can quote correctly, paraphrase and adequately summarise key statements from scientific texts. They can critically evaluate randomised controlled studies with regard to their quality
• Systemic competences: They are able to relate their knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles and methods of nursing to their own experiences and the experiences of others from nursing practice and to independently expand and reflect on nursing actions accordingly.

Grading through:

• written homework

Is requisite for:

• Bachelor thesis in nursing (PF4900-KP12, PF4900)
• Research Methods I (GW2000-KP05, PF2000)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. phil. Anne Rahn

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. phil. Anne Rahn
• Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer
• Anna Dammermann, M.A.
• Julia Peper, M.Sc.
• Prof. Annette Baumgärtner, PhD
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

19.06.2025