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A companion website to this book  features nine podcasts that provide summaries of key research topics.  The podcasts are free to download and provide an alternate method to study and understand nursing research.  To access and download the podcasts  click here .  Here is a list of the podcasts   Podcast 1 Dealing with uncertainty; the role of the research in nursing  Podcast 2 The meaning of qualitative and quantitative research paradigms Podcast 3 Data collection in the qualitative and quantitative research paradigms Podcast 4 Ethics in research; gaining consent and the importance of confidentiality Podcast 5 Introducing qualitative research methodologies Podcast 6 Data collection using interviews and focus groups Podcast 7 Introducing quantitative research methodologies Podcast 8 Ensuring quality in quantitative research Podcast 9 The importance of research in nursing

The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016. Over 700 nurse researchers, students, clinicians, and leaders attended the International Nursing Research Congress to learn from evidence-based research presentations. Amongst the notable presenters were WCCN/CPUT’s Penny Gill and Karien Orton. Penny Gill presented on “From Health Professional to Film Producer in One Easy Workshop: Creating Digital Stories” Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation. The abstract reads: “Digital storytelling is an innovative method of capturing an audience emotionally by telling tales from the heart and soul. It consists of a short, four-to-six minute multi-media presentation which is narrated in the first person. Digital storytelling introduces the storyteller to multiple literacies such as writing, listening, narrating, publishing, presenting, language, acting and communication skills. Various types of multi-media and technological skill

“This is the first reported study from SA on final year preregistration student nurses‟ self-reported depth of understanding of bioscience subjects and of their perceptions of the relevance of bioscience knowledge to their practice” (Rafferty, Kyriacos, 2016:43). Abstract Student nurses’ competence in applying bioscience to practice is under-researched in South Africa. This paper reports on two objectives of a longer study: (1) to describe final year nursing students’ self-reported depth of understanding of six bioscience subjects; and (2) their perceptions of the relevance of the bioscience subjects to their practice using descriptions of personal critical incidents and picture interpretations of three nursing activities. A descriptive observational survey was employed using a self-administered questionnaire at a one-time point in a classroom in a nursing college in Cape Town, South Africa in 2013. A sample of 76/236 (32.2%) fourth-year students participated. Results showed that