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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HEH 6005	PATIENT SAFETY IN NURSING CARE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6

Offered By

Fundamentals of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DILEK ÖZDEN

Offered to

Fundamentals of Nursing

Course Objective

Determine the possible risks regarding the patient safety at medical institutions, identify unexpected incidents occurring at hospitals within the scope of patient safety and apply the required strategies in order to prevent unexpected incidents and errors at medical institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Define the basic concepts, objectives and importance of patient safety
2	2. Apprehend both the National and International patient safety targets
3	3. Develop applications in accordance with medication errors and medication safety details
4	4. Develop applications aimed at preventing the surgical errors
5	5. Develop applications aimed at preventing the errors about the SBAR Technic
6	6. Develop applications aimed at preventing the patient fallings
7	7. Define the ethical dimension of patient safety
8	8. Develop applications aimed at preventing the blood and blood transfusion errors
9	9. Evaluate the applications regarding the patient safety
10	10. Apply event notifications in the patient safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Basic Concepts of Patient Safety
2	Objective, Importance and Legal Aspect of Patient Safety
3	National and International Patient Safety Targets
4	Malpractices and Patient Safety in Nursing
5	Medication Errors and Safety
6	Infection Errors and Their Prevention
7	Preventing the Blood and Blood Transfusion Errors
8	Preventing the Surgical Errors
9	Preventing the Errors with the SBAR Technic
10	Preventing the Patient Fallings
11	Physical Determination and Patient Safety
12	Developing Strategies aimed at Advancing the Patient Safety
13	Employee Safety
14	Course Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Alcan Z, Tekin DE, Civil SÖ. (2012). Hasta Güvenliği Beklenmedik Olaylarda Hemşirenin Rolü. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. Istanbul
2. Ay FA (Ed). (2013). Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri Ltd. Şti. Istanbul.
3. Hasta Güvenliği: Türkiye ve Dünya. http://www.ttb.org.tr/kutuphane/fsayek10_hastaguvenlik.pdf, 2015.
4. JC Akreditation Program: Hospital, National Patient Safety Goals, 2011
JCI Akreditasyon manuel, 2011
5. Hasta ve Çalışan Güvenliği Yönetmeliği, http://www.sislietfal.gov.tr/belgeler/
http://www.kalite.saglik.gov.tr/content/files/duyurular
6. Hasta Güvenliği Için Hemşirelik Uygulamaları. http://www.acibademhemsirelik.com/ 2015
7. 7. Akalın HE. Hasta Güvenliği Kültürü: Nasıl Geliştirebiliriz ANKEM, 2004; 18: 12-13.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Case discussion
Brain storming
Questions-Answers

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PAR	PARTICIPATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + FIN*0.30
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + RST*0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In the exams, the abilities of interpreting, remembering, taking a decision, explaining, classifying and combining the information will be evalauted.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Dilek Özden
e-mail: dozden2002@yahoo.com
tel: 0-232-412 47 78
Assist.Prof.Dr. Gülşah Gürol Arslan
e-mail: gulsah.arslan@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0-232-412 47 72

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	3	15	45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	3	15	45
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	3	3	9
Project Preparation	3	5	15
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.5	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.16
LO.1	5	5		5	5				5	5
LO.2	4			4	4	4			5	4
LO.3	5				4				5	5
LO.4	5	5			4	4	4	4		5
LO.5	5	5		5			5			5
LO.6	5		5		5
LO.7	3			3					5
LO.8	3				5
LO.9	3
LO.10	3	5	5				4	4

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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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