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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ONH 5004	ONCOLOGY NURSING II	COMPULSORY	2	8	0	10

Offered By

Oncology Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EZGI KARADAĞ

Offered to

Oncology Nursing

Course Objective

The aim of this course is that the student shall know the most common cancers presence mechanism in Türkiye, their finding and treatment, death process, communication with the patient and his/her family, psycho-social problems that the patient and he/his family experiences and shall plan nurse interventions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Explains psycho-social problem that can be seen in the patient and the patient s family
2	Plans the necessities of the family in mourning process
3	Consults about supplementary medical practices used in oncology
4	Explains the physiopathology, treatment methods and care of the most common system cancers in oncology
5	Plans the hospital and home care of the patient and the patient s family by using evidence-based information
6	Behaves in accordance with ethical and legal principles on planning the care of oncology patient and the patient s family
7	Makes cooperation with the team in maintaining oncology patient s care

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Psycho-social problems: Anxiety, Fear, Depression
2	Communication with cancer patient, giving bad news
3	Perceiving of death by cancer patient, his/her family and health worker Mourning Process
4	Supplementary medical practices used in oncology and role of nurse
5	System cancers-1 Patient with lung cancer and nursing care
6	System cancers -2 Patient with GIS cancer (stomach and colon) and nursing care
7	System cancers -3 Patient with breast cancer and nursing care
8	Childhood cancers and nursing care Leukemia and lymphoma
9	Childhood cancers and nursing care Brain and bone tumors
10	Care/Follow-up of Patient that have finished treatment
11	Home care of cancer patient,
12	Family Burden and communication with family Life quality of cancer patient
13	Legal and Ethical Problems encountered at oncology
14	Care of Care givers

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mccorkle R, Grant M, Frank- Stromborg M, Baird SB Cancer Nursing :A Comprehensive Textbook, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1996.
2. Payne, Sheila Seymour, Jane Ingleton, Christine , Palliative Care Nursing,
3. McGrawHill Education, 2004 . http://site.ebrary.com/lib/deulibrary
4. Matzo, Marianne LaPorte Sherman, Deborah Witt , Palliative Care Nursing
5. Quality Care to the End of Life, Springer Publishing Company, 2005.
6. Abu-Saad HH. Evidence-Based Palliative Care : Across the Lifespan ebrary
7. Reader, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2008. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/deulibrary
8. Barcley V.( Ed. ) Kanser Hemşireliğinde Temel Kavramlar, Platin N, ( Çev. Ed.),
9. Can G. ( Editör) . Onkoloji Hemşireliğinde Kanıta Dayalı Semptom Yönetimi, 2007.
10. Can G. (Editör) Onkoloji Hemşireliğinde Kanıta Dayalı Bakım, 2010 Istanbul, Konsensusu, Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri Ltd. Şti, Istanbul 2010.
11. Cancer Nursing, European Journal of Cancer Care, Oncology Nursing Forum....

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, concept, literature review, self learning

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed. In the assignments of the students; defining the conditions, analyzing them, planning, deciding and conducting interventions and assessing them are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, s/he can use this title

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayfer Elçigil Tel: 412 47 53
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Uğur Tel: 4124771

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Active Participation	14	2	28
Application	14	8	112
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (reading course materials, essays etc.)	14	3	42
Preparing assignment/presentation	2	12	24
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Other (please indicate)
	1	2	2
Final Exam			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			242

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	5	5	5	5
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5		5	5		5				5
LO.3	5	5		5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5		5	5
LO.4	5	5	5		5	5	5	5		5
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.6			5			5			5				5	5
LO.7			5								5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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