COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 6061 SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FATMA ŞEYDA ÖZBIÇAKÇI

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the student how to protect the health of school children, their parents and school personnel, how to identify factors affecting school health and how to provide nursing services in treatment, care and rehabilitation stages in cases of disease.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student knows concepts and models of public health nursing used for school nursing practices
2   To assess health of school children, their parents and school personnel and to care according to nursing process
3   To take preventive measures that protects and promotes health of school children, their family and school personnel
4   Planning, practicing and evaluating nursing care of the children have special health needs, families and school staff
5   Using evidence results in school nursing
6   sing technology in school health nursing service

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Public Health Concepts in School Nursing
2 Theory and models in school nursing, Adaptation concept in school nursing practice
3 Developing helping relationship in school
4 School nursing tools, Health promotion and health education
5 The Nursing proces in school setting and nursing diagnosis, Management process
6 School nursing research and evidence
7 1st Midterm
8 Growth and developmental characteristics and screening programmes
9 Children with special needs
10 Emergency and disaster preparedness
11 Chronic Conditions
12 Acute Conditions
13 Tecnology useage in school nursing
14 Affective and behavioral disorders

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Watkins D. Edwars J. Gastrell P (Eds). Foreward By. Joan Higgins: Community Health Nursing, Framworks For Practice. Bailliere Tindall, 2003.
2. Stone-Clemen S. McGuire SL Eigsti DG: Comprehensive Community Health Nursing, Family, Aggregate & Community Practice. Sixth Edition, Mosby, 2002.
3. Lewis KD, Bear BJ: Manual Of School Health. Second Edition. Saunders, 2002.
4. Nies MA. McEwen M; Community Health Nursing, Promotıng Health Populations. WB Saunders Company, 2001.
5. Smith CM, Maurer FA: Community Health Nursing Theory And Practice. Second Edition. WB Saunders Company, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question and answer, concept, literature review, self learning, field related applications

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

The student s interpretation, recollection, decision making, description, information combination skills shall be assessed via exams.
In the assignments, the student s ability to making research on the subject, analyze the subject, compare the results with real-life examples, include evidence-based applications, write and express ideas are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şeyda Özbıçakçı E -Mail: ozbicak@deu.edu.tr 24769

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 13 2 26
Assignment 1 26 26
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles, etc.) 13 2 26
Presentation 1 10 10
Final Exam preparation 1 27 27
Midterm Exam preparation 1 27 27
Final Exam 1 4 4
Midterm Exam 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5555
LO.65555

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