COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY APPROACHES II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 5038 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY APPROACHES II COMPULSORY 2 0 6

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Oncology Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Internal Medicine Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
Emergency and Clinical Care Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the student basic physiopathological subjects and concepts. In this course It is focused on thephysiopathologies of the most frequent diseases disordering the cell, organ, system functions. Students are taught about the basic physiopathological mechanisms which forms at the cell level. Students discuss on the organ and system function disorders and the symptoms presented with case examples by asking cause-effect questions. Students gain the ability in questioning the physiopathological changes in clinical situations and analyzing them by using his/her factual/conceptual learning he/she has had.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student identifies normal cell organ and system functions.
2   The student explains the physiopathological mechanisms which are formed in cell organ and system functions.
3   The student shows the physiopathological process of the clinical symptoms given in the case examples
4   The student analyzes the physiopathology of the problems in clinical situations he/she meets.
5   The student assesses the results of the symptoms/diagnosis/laboratory and the related physiopathological mechanisms.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Gene ve Genetic Environment Interactions: DNA, RNA and proteins,heredity and moleculer level, chromosomes, genetic elements, genetic disease transfer, gene map and connections
2 Gene-Environment-lifestyle Relation and the Most Frequent Diseases : the factors affecting the incidance of the disease in society, multifactorial genetic principles, lifestyle, environment and nature of genetic affects, frequent diseases
3 Cell Repair and Cancer; cance biology, cancer specifications and terminalogy, genetic base of cancer, gene and environment interaction, tumor invasion and metastesis, cancer invasion theories, clinical symptoms of cancer, cancer treatment and its adverse effects, cancer in children
4 Continue
5 Cardiac pathologies
6 Vascular pathologies
7 Renal system pathologies
8 Continue
9 Midterm
10 Pathology of respiratory systems
11 Continue
12 Cellular Environment; Liquid Electroid and Edema Mechanism, aging and distribution, liquid move of water ICF and ECF and interstitial and plasma, change in water movement, edema, Na, chloride and water derangement, isotonic, hypotonic, hypertonic, K, P, Ca, Mg derangement
13 Hemostasis; Clotting system, Thrombosis: DIC embolism; pulmonary systemic, fat, air, amnion liquid emboli,
14 Hemodynamically Changes: shock and stress concept, reaction to stress and old age and stress .Shock and its types

Recomended or Required Reading

McCance KL, Huether SE. (2005). Pathophysiology The Biologic Basis For Disease in Adults and Children, The C.V. Mosby Company, StLouis,.
Çevikbaş U (Çev. Ed). (2002). Temel Patoloji, Kumar V, Cortran RS., Robbins SL. Basic Pathology., Yüce Yayınları A.Ş, Istanbul.
Porth MC. (1998). Pathophysiolog Concepts of Altered Health States, 5th Ed., Lippincott Comp., Philadelphia,.
Guyton CA, Hall J. (1996). Tıbbi Fizyoloj,i Çev: Hayrunisa Çavuşoğlu, 10th. Ed., W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.
Kumar V, Abbas A, Fousta N, Mitchell R. Robbins (2008). Basic Pathology, 8th Ed., Saunders Book Company, Philadelphia.
Carrier-Kohlman V. (2003). Pathophysiological Phenomena in Nursing: Human Responses to Illness, 2nd ed., WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Questions-Answers
Group discussion
Brainstorming
Case discussion
Video/Animations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +RST* 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Every student will explain 2 or 3 discussion questions given in every department during the semester based on the actual literature and prepare a written homework/report in APA format and hand it in concerned instructor online/in written.
Expected qualifications of homeworks:
Institute, department, Course code, Course name, Name-surname-number of the students, name and surname of the instructor, deadline, and page number must be on the cover page.
The students are expected to explain 2-3 questions by using at least one fundamental book, one Turkish an done English research paper in their assignments.
The answers of the questions must respond to the questions What Why Where When How How much
Assignments must be written in APA format
Student uses schemas or pictures by using APA format
Assignment must be max. 4 pages along with the cover and resources page.
It must be included the student s self assessment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr Ozgül Karayurt ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr Tel: 0 232 4124785
Assist.Prof.Dr.. Hatice Mert hatice.mert@deu.edu.tr Tel: 0232 4124752
Assist.Prof.Dr.. Fatma Vural Fatma.vural@deu.edu.tr Tel: 0232 4124780

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 26 26
Preparation for final exam 1 28 28
making presentation 2 10 20
other 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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