COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORIES AND MODELS OF SURGICAL NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 6025 THEORIES AND MODELS OF SURGICAL NURSING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Surgical Nursing

Course Objective

This course includes nursing theories and models which will form a basis for the doctorate thesis topic of the student in the surgical diseases nursing. It ensures students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge in this field and to integrate them into their theses by following the new developments. The course has three theory blocks and one practice block and its first block facilitates comprehensive learning of the information obtained from main resources. Practice program included in the second block facilitates the understanding of how to put the theories and models learned in the surgical diseases nursing into practice. The third block of the course, relevant evidence-based guides and the last literature are examined and integrated into the thesis topic.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students explain the importance of theories and models in the care of surgical patients.
2   They discuss the basic assumptions and definitions of the theories and models that they use in the theoretical framework of their thesis.
3   They synthesize and use the results of the researches where the theories and models that they will use in the theoretical framework of their thesis were used in a report.
4   They examine the stress factors, care requirements, nursing interventions and results of the surgical patient group on which they focus on in the thesis study in line with the theories, models and the researches conducted so far.
5   They monitor one sample case out of the surgical patient group before, during and after the operation, provide care, analyze the case with an integrated approach by deep interviews and they can write a case analysis paper based on theory/model in APA format with original interpretations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Importance of the use of theory and model in surgical nursing Theories and models used in surgical nursing Examination of theoretical framework of the theory/model to be used in the thesis study Associating the theory/model to be used in the thesis study with the examined surgical patient group
2 Examination of the researches where the model/theory to be used in the thesis study were used

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fawcett J. (2005). Contemporary Nursing Knowledge. Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories. F.A. Devis Company: Second Edition. Philadelphia
2. Roy S. C. The Roy Adaptation Model. (2009). Pearson Education. Inc,Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.07458.
3. Parker M.E. (2001) Nursing Theorist and Nursing Practice. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia. p. 315-327.
4. Fawcett, J., Tulman, L., (1990), Building A Programme of Research From The Roy Adaptation Model of Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15; 720-725.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Students prepare the nursing model concerning the thesis topic comprehensively in the first block of the course and determine the parts to be integrated into the thesis study and present these as a report.
2. They review their preparation and plans concerning the thesis on the basis of newly obtained information and discuss their change proposals with the advisors.
3. At the second block, students integrate their information concerning the nursing model with patient data and prepare a paper regarding the use of this model in the field of nursing in APA format.

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

In this course, students will be evaluated in terms of having detailed information on theory/model used in the thesis, describing and analyzing the needs of the surgical patient group examined in the thesis study according to the model, making interpretations by synthesizing their information and conclusions with the results of the relevant studies and sharing these experiences in a national paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ozgul. Karayurt Tel: 0 232 412 4785 ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr
Assist.Prof.Dr. Aklime Dicle Tel: 0 232 412 4775 aklime.dicle@deu.edu.tr
Assist.Prof.Dr. Ozlem Bilik Tel: 0232 412 4787 ozlem.bilik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 15 30
practice 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 30 60
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
homeworks 2 30 60
making presentations 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14444454
LO.24444454
LO.34445445324
LO.4444544534
LO.5444544534

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