COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY IN NURSING AND PATIENT SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2066 QUALITY IN NURSING AND PATIENT SAFETY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEYDA SEREN INTEPELER

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to explain the concepts regarding the quality in healthcare services and nursing services, discuss about the quality indicators and usages in nursing services, present the mistakes made in nursing practices, determine the risk factors that pose a risk for patient security, state and classify the medical mistakes, and discuss about the changes/innovations made in patient security.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can define the role of quality in health services and nursing
2   The student can transfer the importance and usage of quality instruments for patient security
3   The student can recognize the quality indicators and standards in nursing care
4   The student can comprehend the factors preventing quality studies in health and nursing services and discuss about the ways of developing strategies
5   The student can comprehend the fact that patient security is a part of quality and it develops culturally
6   The student can examine the international patient security objectives
7   The student can associate the mistakes made in nursing practices and their reasons
8   The student can discuss the problems in employee safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meet, Introduction and Publicity of the Course, Planning Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
2 Quality in Health Services and Nursing Services Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
3 Quality Indicators in Nursing Care Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
4 ISO and Accreditation Standards Dr. Veysel Karani BARIŞ
5 Obstacles Regarding the Quality Practices in Health and Nursing Services Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
6 Development of Patient Safety by Using the Quality Instruments and Techniques Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
7 International Patient Safety Goals Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
8 1 st Midterm Exam Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
9 Development of Patient Safety Culture and Error Reporting Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
10 Medication Mistakes and Prevention Strategies Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
11 Patient Safety and Hospital Infections Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
12 Patient Fallings and Nursing Practices Dr. Veysel Karani BARIŞ
13 Employee Safety Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
14 Evaluation of the course Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER

Recomended or Required Reading

Dlugacz Y.D., Restifo A., Greenwood A., The Quality Handbook for Health Care Organizations , First Edition, Jossey-Bass a Wiley Imprint, 2004.
Evans J.R., Total Quality , Fourth Edition, Thomas-South Western, 2005.
Farley O., D. (2005). Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline, Rand Corporation.
Graham N.O., Quality in Health Care , Aspen Pub., 1992.
Hoyle D., ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook , Fifth Edition, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.
McLaughlin C.P., Kaluzny A.D., Countinuous Quality Improvement in Health Care , Aspen Pub., 1994.
Nelson A. (2006). Safe Patient Handling And Movement: A Guide for Nurses And Other Health Care Providers, Springer Publishing.
Parsley K., Corrigan P., Quality Improvement in Nursing and Health Care , Chapman & Hall, 1994.
White V.S, Byers F.J. (2004). Patient Safety: Principles and Practice, Springer Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, research, question-answer, group study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term grage: Midterm grade will consist of 50% of midterm exam
Semester grade: Midterm exam
Course Success Grade: Course success grade is the sum of 50% of semester grade and 50% of final or resit exam grade.
Minimum Course Success Grade: It is 60 points out of 100.
Minimum Final and Resit Exam Grade: It is 50 points out of 100

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term grage: Midterm grade will consist of 50% of midterm exam
Semester grade: Midterm exam
Course Success Grade: Course success grade is the sum of 50% of semester grade and 50% of final or resit exam grade.
Minimum Course Success Grade: It is 60 points out of 100.
Minimum Final and Resit Exam Grade: It is 50 points out of 100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

None

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
Address: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi 35240 Balçova/IZMIR
Office Tel: 412 47 84
seydaseren@gmail.com

Office Hours

It varies according to the personal program that is formed every semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Independant Study 13 1 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 51

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.3355
LO.4555
LO.5552
LO.655
LO.755523
LO.85354

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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