COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTENSIVE CARE NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 4073 INTENSIVE CARE NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAPRAK SARIGÖL ORDIN

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to obtain information about the roles and responsibilities of intensive care nursing, and the care of acute and critical diseases in line with the evidence-based resources, standards and current guidances.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can define the professional role and importance of the intensive care nurse
2   The student can array the care principles of acute and critical patients in the intensive care unit
3   The student can explain the physiopathology of acute and critical health problems that require an intensive care
4   The student can analyse the data of acute and critical patients that require an intensive care
5   The student can discuss about the importance of patient security in the intensive care unit
6   The student can explain the importance of legal and ethical subjects in the intensive care environment
7   The student can reach new information in the intensive care nursing and sustain her/his personal development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 DVT, Emboli Assoc. Prof.Fatma VURAL Presentation, discussion
2 ARDS and Nursing Approaches Prof. Dr.Özlem KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ Presentation, discussion
3 Mechanical ventilation Assoc. Prof.Yaprak S. ORDIN Presentation, discussion
4 PUBLIC HOLIDAY
5 ECG / Sinus rhythm Prof. Dr. Hatice MERT Presentation, discussion
6 Aorta Aneurysms and Nursing Approaches Assoc. Prof.Yaprak S. ORDIN Presentation, discussion
7 COPD and Nursing Approaches Prof. Dr.Özlem KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ Presentation, discussion
8 MIDTERM EXAM Assoc. Prof.Yaprak S. ORDIN
9 Psychosocial Problems, Emotional Deprivations and Overload in the Intensive Care Unit Prof. Dr.Özlem KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ Presentation, discussion
10 Thorax traumas Assoc. Prof.Fatma VURAL Presentation, discussion
11 Pacemaker / cardioversion/ defibrillation Prof. Dr. Hatice MERT Presentation, discussion
12 Herniations and Nursing Care Assoc. Prof.Fatma VURAL Presentation, discussion
13 Heart failure and Nursing Approaches Prof. Dr. Hatice MERT Presentation, discussion
14 Pain and Sedation Assoc. Prof.Fatma VURAL Presentation, discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References:
1.Morton PG, Fontaine D. Hudak C, Gallo B. Critical Care Nursing 2005. A Holistic Approach. 8th. Edition.
2.Chulay M, Burns SM. (Ed.) AACN essentials of critical care nursing / [edited by] New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2006.
3.Melander SD (Ed.) Case studies in critical care nursing: a guide for application and review. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
4.Urden LD, Stacy KM, Lough ME (ed.) Thelan's critical care nursing: diagnosis and management. 5th ed, St. Louis, Mosby/Elsevier, 2006.
5.Eti Aslan F, Olgun N. (Ed.) Yoğun Bakım Seçilmiş Semptom ve Bulguların Yönetimi. 1. Baskı, Akademisyen Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara, 2016.
Supplementary references:
6.Irvin RS, Rippe JM (Ed). Çev. Özcengiz D. Yoğun Bakım El Kitabı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi. Adana, 2000.
7.Şahinoğlu H (Ed). Yoğun bakım: sorunları ve tedavileri. Ankara Türkiye Klinikleri, 2003.
8.Bongard Fred S. Çev. ed. Güven M. Yoğun bakım tanı ve tedavi. Ankara: Güneş Kitabevi, 2004.
9. Irwin RS, James M. (Ed.) Rippe. Irwin and Rippe's intensive care medicine. 6th.edition, Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
10. Sibbald WJ, Bion JF. (Ed.)Evaluating critical care: using health services research to improve quality .Berlin, Springer, 2001.
11. Hall, Jesse B.Handbook of Critical Care [electronic resource]. London, Springer, 2009
12. Gullo, Antonino (Ed.). Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine [electronic resource] : Educational Issues 2005, Milano: Springer-Verlag Italia, 2006.
13. Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt, Lawrence D.H. Wood ; Cora D. Taylor (Ed.) Principles of critical care [electronic resource] 2005. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 3rd ed.
14. Gullo, Antonino.Intensive and Critical Care Medicine [electronic resource] : Reflections, Recommendations and Perspectives .2005.Milano: Springer-Verlag Italia
15. Bongard, Fred S.(Ed.) Current critical care diagnosis & treatment 2002. New York, London , Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill
16. Intensive Care Journal http://www.yogunbakimdergisi.org/
17. E-Journal of Turkish Intensive Care Nurses Association http://www.tybhd.org.tr/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually-supported presentation,
Case discussion,
Group study,
Brainstorming,
Question answer

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

50% of of midterm exam + 50% of final exam grade

Course Success Grade: 50% of the Semester grade (midterm exam) + 50% of the final or make-up exam.
Minimum Course Success Grade: 60 out of 100 full marks.
Minimum final or make-up exam Grade: 50 out of 100 full marks.

Assessment Criteria

The exams assess the skills of; interpretation, recall, decision-making, explanation, classification and combination of knowledge.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. H. Mert hatice.mert@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.255555
LO.355555
LO.455555
LO.555555
LO.655555
LO.7555555