Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HEF 3066	MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYIHIATRıC NURSING	COMPULSORY	6	10	0	15

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM ZEKIYE TUNCER

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to train nurses who can address individuals holistically by evaluating bio-psychosocial factors that affect mental health development, provide nursing care using concepts specific to mental health and psychiatric nursing in order to improving the mental health and treating to mental health problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student can fulfill his or her role and responsibilities as a nurse to protect, develop and improve mental health.
2	The student can carry out the nursing process using the knowledge and skills specific psychiatric nursing during individual, family and community care.
3	The student can assess the individual, family and community by identifying them holistically.
4	The student can take responsibility related to nurse's role in the mental illness treatment, adaptation to the treatment, implementation of the treatment and monitoring the effects of the treatment on the patient.
5	The student has positive attitudes towards individuals with mental illness and psychiatric nursing.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HEF 3063 - Child Health and Disease Nursing
HEF 3061 - Women Health and Gynecology Nursing

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Psychosocial Diagnosis and Mental Condition Assessment	Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, Kahoot application
2	Therapeutic Environment, Observation, Interview	Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Lecture, quesion and answer, discussion, video presentation
3	Basic Concepts of Mental Health, Historical development, roles and responsibilities of mental health and psychiatric nursing	Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Lecture, question and answer, video
4	Mental problems in physical diseases, Crisis and KLP nursing	Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Lecture, question and answer, case discussion
5	Anxiety disorders and nursing approaches	Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, laboratory (practice of relaxation and deep breathing exercises)
6	Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders and nursing approaches	Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, laboratory (approach to the person with delusions and hallucinations)
7	Mood disorders and nursing approaches	Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, laboratory (approach to the individual at risk of aggression)
8	Midterm Psychosocial and Somatic therapies	Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, video clips (video section from individual and group consultations)
9	Psychotropic drugs and Electro Convulsive Therapy	Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, video demonstration, Kahoot application
10	Stress and psychosomatic diseases, eating disorders and nursing approaches	Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Lecture, question and answer, case discussion
11	Dependency and nursing approaches	Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Lecture, question and answer, discussion, video presentation, Kahoot application
12	Preventive mental health, mental health protection and development	Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Lecture, question and answer, video presentation
13	Legal and ethical dimension of psychiatry Personality disorders and nursing approaches	Prof. Neslihan Günüşen Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, video presentation, Kahoot application
14	Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye Tuncer Associate Prof. Sibel Coşkun Badur Lecture, question and answer, case discussion, video presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Carpenito JL. Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı. Çev. Erdemir F., Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri,10. Baskı, Istanbul, 2005.
2. Çam O, Engin E. Ruh Sağlığı Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Bakım Sanatı. Istanbul Tıp Kitapevi, I. Baskı Istanbul, 2014.
3. Stuart GW. Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing. Mosby Elsevier, Missouri, USA, 2009
4. Townsend MC. Psychiatric Mental Healt Nursing. Sixth Edition. David Company. Philadelphia. USA, 2015
5. Yüksel N. Ruhsal Hastalıklar, 3. Baskı, Özyurt Matbaacılık, Ankara, 2006.
6. Semin S, Aras Ş. Temel Yönleriyle Psikiyatride Etik, 1. Baskı, Dokuz Eylül Yayıncılık, Izmir, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Clinical practice, lecture, question and answer, discussion, case discussion, article discussion, Power point presentation, video presentation, concept map, self learning.
All visual materials used in the lessons are provided with audio description / subtitles. (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	AS	Arasinav
2	UYG	Uygulama
3	YYIN	YyiçiNotu	AS0.50+UYG0.50
4	FN	Final
5	FINBN	Final BaşarıNotu	YYIN0.50+FN0.50
6	BUT	Bütünleme
7	BUTBN	BütünlemeBaşarıNotu	YYIN0.50+BUT0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Explanations on Evaluation Methods:
Mid-term grade: 50% of the midterm exam + 50% of the application grade
Course Success Grade: 50% of the semester grade + 50% of the final or make-up exam grade
Minimum course grade: 60 out of 100 full grades
Minimum final and make-up exam grade: 50 out of 100 full grades

Assessment Criteria

In exams; skills of interpretation, recall, decision making, explanation, classification, information merging and analysis will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Gülsüm Zekiye TUNCER
gulsum.damlarkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours