COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND NURSING

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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355555
LO.455
LO.555555
LO.655