International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volume 23, Issue 2 e12517

RESEARCH PAPER

Nursing students' attitudes toward research and development within nursing: Does writing a bachelor thesis make a difference?*†

Aynur Uysal Toraman PhD RN,

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Aynur Uysal Toraman PhD RN

Associate Professor

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Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

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Aynur Uysal Toraman, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Public Health Nursing Department, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.

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Güler Hamaratçılar RN,

Güler Hamaratçılar RN

Health School Teacher

Sakarya Akyazı İşmont Halil Bildirici Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi, Akyazı, Sakarya, Turkey

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Begüm Tülü RN,

Begüm Tülü RN

Kazım Dirik Mah. 387 SOK. NO. 5/8, Aliağa/İzmir, Turkey

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Özüm Erkin RN PhD,

Özüm Erkin RN PhD

Research Assistant

Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

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Aynur Uysal Toraman PhD RN,

Corresponding Author

Aynur Uysal Toraman PhD RN

Associate Professor

[email protected]

Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

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Aynur Uysal Toraman, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Public Health Nursing Department, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.

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Güler Hamaratçılar RN,

Güler Hamaratçılar RN

Health School Teacher

Sakarya Akyazı İşmont Halil Bildirici Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi, Akyazı, Sakarya, Turkey

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Begüm Tülü RN,

Begüm Tülü RN

Kazım Dirik Mah. 387 SOK. NO. 5/8, Aliağa/İzmir, Turkey

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Özüm Erkin RN PhD,

Özüm Erkin RN PhD

Research Assistant

Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

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First published: 16 January 2017

https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12517

Citations: 21

This study was presented as a poster proceeding in 1st National Public Health Nursing Congress, June 17 to 20, 2015, İzmir, Turkey.

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All the authors were responsible for the study conception, design, and drafting of the manuscript and supervised the study. Güler Hamaratçılar, Begüm Tülü, and Özüm Erkin performed the data collection and writing. Aynur Uysal Toraman performed the data analysis and also made critical revisions to the paper.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of writing a bachelor's thesis on nursing students' attitudes towards research and development in nursing. The study sample consisted of 91 nursing students who were required to complete a bachelor's thesis and 89 nursing students who were not required to complete a bachelor's thesis. Data were collected via self-report questionnaire that was distributed in May and June 2012. The questionnaire comprised 3 parts: (1) demographic items; (2) questions about “scientific activities,” and (3) the nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of research and development within nursing scale (version 2). The mean age of the students was 23 (1.3) years. The students who wrote a bachelor's thesis achieved a median score of 110.0, whereas the students in the other group had a median score of 105.0 on the scale. All the items were assigned a 3 or higher. A statistically significant difference was found between the 2 groups in their attitudes towards and awareness of research (U = 3265.5; P = .025). The results of this study suggest that writing a thesis in nursing education has a positive influence on nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of research and development in nursing.

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