COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇSH 5013 PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING ELECTIVE 2 4 0 10

Offered By

Pediatric Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MURAT BEKTAŞ

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing

Course Objective

This lesson aim that student know the impact of cancer on children and families and a holistic approach child and their fanilies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the common type of cancer in children
2   Know the treatment of childhood cancer
3   Plan nursing care of children with cancer andt heir families
4   Discuss the impact of cancer on children and families
5   Plan holistic approach to child and family in the terminal stage
6   Plan oncologic emergency child care
7   Understand importance of psycho social support in diagnosis of cancer in children

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cancer Development Process (Onkogenezis)
2 Epidemiology of ChildhoodCancerIncidence in ChildhoodandCommonCancerTypesandFeatures
3 CommonChildhoodCancerTypesandFeatures (continued)
4 Treatment of Childhood Cancer
5 NursingCare of Childhood Cancer
6 Children Bone Marrow / Stem Cell TransplantandNursingCare
7 PsychosocialApproachtodiagnosedwithCancerChildrenandFamilies
8 Cancer Effects to Families of Children
9 Hope to children with cancer Body image and children with cancer
10 Terminal Period Approaches to Cancer Child and Family
11 Terminal Period Approach to Child and Family Cancer (continued)
12 FinishedTreatment of CancerPatientsCare / Follow-Up
13 ChildhoodCancerOncologicEmergenciesandApproaches
14 Communicationwithcancerpatients Breakingbadnews

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brown R.T.,ComprehensiveHandbook of ChildhoodCancerandSickle Cell Disease: A BiopsychosocialApproach, Oxford UniversityPress, 2006.
2. Gibson F.,Soanes L. ChildrenandYoung People. John WileySons Ltd., 2008.
3. Foley K.M.,Gelband H. ImprovingPalliativeCareForCancer, National Academy Press (2001).
4. Pizzo P.A.,Poplack D.G., PrinciplesandPractice of PediatricOncology, 6th Ed, Lippincott, Williams&Wilkins, (2001)
5. Çavuşoğlu H. Çocuk Sağlığı Hemşireliği Cilt 1-2. Dizgi Baskı, Ankara, (2004)
6. Keene N, Hobbie W, Ruccione K. ChildhoodCancerSurvivors: A Practical Guide toYourFuture (ChildhoodCancerGuides), 2nd Ed, PatientCenteredGuides, (2006).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

-

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

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Bektaş
02324124782
murat.bektas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

-

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Clinical Practice 15 4 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 6 90
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 254

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3
LO.45
LO.555
LO.6
LO.755