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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HEM 6053	HEALTH POLICY AND NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEYDA SEREN INTEPELER

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Internal Medicine Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Oncology Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Nursing Management
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and skill in subjects of health policies in Turkey and in the world and critical approach towards these policies, health policies and history of nursing, current laws about nursing, government policies, political advocacy of nursing, political development samples in Turkey and in the world, basic philosophy of health policies, analysis and strategies

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Knowing current health policies in the world
2	Knowing historical development of health policies in Turkey
3	Explaining the effectiveness of nursing in health policies
4	Explainin the effectiveness of nursing organizations in other countries on health policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The historical development of health policies and their effects on nursing in Turkey
2	The historical development of health policies, with examples from the world and its effect on nursing
3	Globalization and change of health systems
4	Social determinants of health and global health governance -- the media's role in influencing policy
5	Social policy phenomenon and prepare conditions to it, Financing models in health care
6	Politics, policy and their relationship to nursing
7	Research; As a policy tool.
8	Health transition program in Turkey and the effects on nursing and community.
9	Lobbying and nursing
10	Working in the community for change

Recomended or Required Reading

Policy & politics in nursing and health care,2009
Yazar: Diana J. Mason,Judith Kline Leavitt,Mary W. Chaffee
www.turkhemsirelerdernegi.org.tr ET. 16.04.2012
http://www.turkhemsirelerdernegi.org.tr/menu/yonetmelikler/hemsirelik-yonetmeligi.aspx ET. 23.04.2012
http://www.turkhemsirelerdernegi.org.tr/menu/yonetmelikler/yatakli-tedavi-kurumlari.aspx ET. 23.04.2012
http://www.turkhemsirelerdernegi.org.tr/menu/saglik-guncel/thd-medimagazin-yazilari/hemsirelikte-uzmanlik-diplomalari-onaylanmaya-baslandi.aspx ET. 23.04.2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, concept, question-answer, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PRF	PERFORMANCE
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
Adres: Dokuz Eylül Üniversity Nursing Faculty 35240 Balçova/IZMIR
Iş Tel: 0 232 412 47 89
seydaseren@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	2	15	30
Preparing assignments	2	15	30
Preparing presentations	2	8	16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	2	25	50
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.6
LO.1	5
LO.2
LO.3		5
LO.4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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