Course syllabus for Degree Project in Nursing - Intensive Care

Examensarbete i omvårdnad - intensivvård

Versions of this syllabus:

Autumn 2026

Essential data

Course code: 2IN012
Course name: Degree Project in Nursing - Intensive Care
Credits: 15
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Nursing
Level: AV - Second cycle
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decided by: Utbildningsnämnden, NVS
Decision date: 2026-03-12
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2026

Literature and other teaching aids

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Bettany-Saltikov, J., & McSherry, R. Conducting a comprehensive and systematic literature search. In How to Do a Systematic Literature Review in Nursing: a Step-By-Step Guide, 3/e. McGraw-Hill Education, 2024.

Djurfeldt, Göran; Larsson, Rolf; Stjärnhagen, Ola, Statistisk verktygslåda 1: samhällsvetenskaplig orsaksanalys med kvantitativa metoder, 3. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2018. ISBN: 9789144121017.

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Flanagan, J., Beck, C. T. Polit & Beck’s Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (Tolfte upplagan). Wolters Kluwer, 2024.

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Whittemore, R. och Knafl, K., The integrative review: updated methodology., Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2005, 52: 546-553.

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Sixth edition, international student edition). SAGE. 2023.

Alligood, M. R., & Hardin, S. R. Nursing theorists and their work (11th edition). Elsevier. 2026.


Meleis, A. I. *Theoretical nursing : development and progress* (Sixth edition). Wolters Kluwer. 2018.

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Sandman, L. & Kjellström, S. *Etikboken : etik för vårdande yrken. *Andra upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2018] - 485 sidorISBN:9789144120539 LIBRIS-ID:9j6pz75q7d56bxcw

World Medical Association**.**Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. (2024). https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/

United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/

Agnafors, Marcus; Levinsson, Magnus, Att tänka uppsats: det vetenskapliga arbetets grundstruktur, Första upplagan : Malmö : Gleerups, [2019] - 101 sidor ISBN: 9789151102269, LIBRIS-ID: r2rv1rqhpc1pvnxk,

Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. Fitzgerald. The Craft of Research. Fifth Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois; 2024; ISBN 9780226826677.

Greenhalgh, Trisha. Att läsa vetenskapliga artiklar och rapporter: grunden för en evidensbaserad vård, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 309 s. ISBN: 978-91-44-07271-5, LIBRIS-ID: 12543003.

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