General description

An introduction to family nursing research.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, the student will
-understand the core family nursing concepts, principles and study methods
- be able to understand the special demands of family nursing research
- be able to critically review existing family nursing research, including limitations in study design, interventions and other limitations in a study.
- be able to critically evaluate family nursing literature and interpret the results of a particular study

Contents

- Introduction to family nursing and its basic concepts and theories
- introduction to family nursing research: special questions when the study focus is on a family
- intervention studies
- instruments in family nursing research
- study examples both from the Finnish and international family nursing research

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures
Independent work

Lectures, individual work, homework assignments, course readings.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

Announced in the Teaching schedule.

-       A theoretical book of family nursing (specified later).

-       Scientific articles (titles will be announced later).

Further information

Organized every other year.

Belongs to following study modules