COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH POLICY AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSH 6032 HEALTH POLICY AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Psychiatric Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZEKIYE ÇETINKAYA DUMAN

Offered to

Psychiatric Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims the student to describe the risks affecting mental health, to create new policies, to criticize the present mental health policies, and the importance of the psychiatric nursing to take an active part, the importance and ways of lobbying and organizing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.Having the knowledge of mental health policies to criticize them
2   2.Examining critically the mental health policies in the world and our country and factors affecting them
3   3.Questioning the nursing role in affecting mental health policies
4   4.Creating projects aimed at how nurses can take part in determining mental health policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 National health policy and the current situation, national mental health studies, criticising the WHO European Region mental health action plan in terms of nursing, studies on health protection and rehabilitation and mental health situation Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Associate Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Ass.Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Ass. Prof. Figen Şengün Inan
2 Mental health situation in family practice and home care system, mental health studied at the first level and essential legal regulations, CLP nursing legal regulations in general healthcare system, organizing in mental health and course of action following the mental health nursing policies Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Associate Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Ass.Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Ass. Prof. Figen Şengün Inan

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Stuart, G.W. (2009) Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing. Mosby Elsevier, Missouri, USA.
2. Townsend, MC. (2009) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Sixth Edition. David Company. Philadelphia. USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, case Presentation, concept map
Audio description is provided in all visual materials used in the lessons. (It uses audio-depicted forms of visual-based educational materials such as movies and videos, upon request of disabled students).

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

None

Assessment Criteria

In the exams interpretation, recollection, making decision, explaining, classifying and information integrating skills will be assessed.
In the assignments and presentations describing the situations, analysing and planning them, making decisions, performing attempts, assessing them, collaborating, reaching information, and making a difference will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman
Tel: 90 232 412 47 84

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 16 32
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 35 35
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 1 21 21
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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