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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
IHH 6021	MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6

Offered By

Internal Medicine Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE MERT

Offered to

Internal Medicine Nursing

Course Objective

To gain knowledge and skill about medical emergencies by considering the ethical principles and patient security principles

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student can determine aims of emergency nursing
2	The student knows emergency unit and, patient and their families characteristics
3	The student can array the secure care interventions in the emergency service
4	The student can explain the importance of legal and ethical subjects in the emergecy nursing
5	The student knows assessment process and priorities
6	The student can transfer current developments and own studies in emergency nursing as written, oral and visual presentations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The definition of first and emergency aid, the importance and basic principles
2	Emergency unit organization and triage Legal and ethical responsibilities in emergeny nursing
3	Assessment of the patient in emergeny unit
4	Emergency medication applications
5	Basic and advanced life support
6	Cardiovascular emergencies
7	Respiratory emergencies
8	Mid-term exam
9	Neurologic emergencies
10	Gastrointestinal emergencies
11	Metabolic emergencies
12	Endocrine emergencies
13	Hematologic emergencies
14	Patient/Family Education and preparation to discharge
15	Environmental emergencies

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Newberry, L., 2001, Sheehy s Emergency Nursing Principles and Practice, Fifty Edition, Mosby, USA
2. Walls, Ron M. (Ed.) Manual Of Emergency Airway Management (Sadece Cd) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2005
3. Tıntınallı, Judith E.Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide Mcgraw-Hıll 2004
4. McElroy, Stephen P Emergency Medicine: The Essentials Health Emergency Publishing 2003
5. Walsh, Mike; Kent, Andrew Accident & Emergency Nursing Butterworth Heinemann 2001
6. Evidence Based Nursing , http://www.science.at/journals/medicine/nurse.html
7. Acil Tıp Uzmanlar Derneği (ATUDER) VII. Ulusal Acil Tıp Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 26-29 Mayıs 2011, Antalya.
8. Kuğuoğlu S, Eti Aslan F, Olgun N (2004). Acil Bakım. Şelimen D.(Ed). Acil Bakım. Geliştirilmiş 3. Baskı, Istanbul: Yüce Yayım.
9. Tabak RS, Somyürek I (2008). Hemşireler için temel ilkyardım ve acil bakım. Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, case discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation skill of the student, her/his preparation to the subject and participation in discussions will be assessed as the midterm exam.
The skills of interpretation, decision making, explanation and knowledge combination will be assessed in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Hatice Mert Tel: 24786 hatice.mert@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	2	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	5	9	45
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparing assignments	10	6	60
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	5
LO.2	5
LO.3	5	5	5				5	5
LO.4			5					5
LO.5				5	5	5	5	5
LO.6				5	5

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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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