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
Classroom work
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Further information
Lectures andassignments
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
Minimum number of studens: 8 Organized every other year.
The quota for Open University students each Academic Year is 3.