COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPLANTATION NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 6027 TRANSPLANTATION NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FATMA VURAL

Offered to

Surgical Nursing

Course Objective

This course contains topics which will form a basis for the field of doctorate thesis of the student in transplantation nursing. This course helps students create a comprehensive background, follow new developments and integrate these into their thesis studies. It facilitates the comprehensive learning of the information obtained from fundamental resources and provides the students with the opportunities of investigating the latest literature in this field and evidence-based guides and applying them in their thesis studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students can explain basic concepts and definitions in organ and tissue transplantation.
2   They discuss the role and importance of transplantation nurses.
3   They discuss the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care of the patient who will undergo an organ and tissue transplantation in line with the latest literature and evidence-based guides.
4   They discuss immunology of organ and tissue transplantation and immunosuppresive treatment.
5   They plan the nursing care aimed at preventing and managing the side effects of immunosuppresive treatment following the organ and tissue transplantation.
6   They integrate the evidence-based studies in the transplantation nursing into the nursing practices concerning the thesis subject.
7   They explain the legal and ethic issues related to the organ and tissue transplantation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 *History, basic concepts and definitions of organ and tissue transplantation *Ethical and legal dimensions of organ and tissue transplantation *Role and Importance of Transplantation Nursing *Preoperative preparation and training of the patient who will undergo an organ or tissue transplantation *Organ and tissue transplantation surgery *Care after organ and tissue transplantation
2 *Complications following the organ and tissue transplantation and nursing management *Basics of organ and tissue transplantation immunology and immunosuppresion *Psychological states of the patient and the family following organ and tissue transplantation, coping and nursing approaches *Nursing approaches related to sexual life and pregnancy after organ and tissue transplantation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resource:

1. Ahmed, A., Keeffe, EB., Current Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation Clin Liver Dis 11 (2007) 227 247
2. Cupples, S., Ohler, L. (2002) Liver Transplantation, Transplantation Nursing Secrets, Hanley&Belfus Inc., Philadelphia, ss: 151-173
3. Hoffman, M.F., Nelson, J.B., Drangstveit, B.M., Flynn, M.B., Caring for Transplant Receipients in a Nontransplant Setting, Critical Care Nursing, 2006; 26(2): 53-76

Supplementary resources:
4. Moreno, R., Berenguer, M., Post-Liver Transplantation Medical Complications, Annals Of Hepatology 2006; 5(2): April-June: 77-8
5. Murray, K., Carithers, R.L., AASLD, Practice Guidelines:Evaluation of The Patient for Liver Transplantation, Hepatology, 2005; 41(6): 1407-32
6. Ohler, L., Cupples, S. (2008) Liver Transplantation, Core Curriculum for Transplant Nurses, Mosby, Internal Transplant Nurses Society, ABD, ss: 423-455

*other resources described in the curriculum

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 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

1. Each student prepares the topics related to the thesis field comprehensively in the first block of the course and submits a report after determining the data that should be integrated into the thesis.
2. Each student submits a report by summarizing the latest literature and evidence-based guides concerning the thesis field in the second block of the course. Besides, students review their preparation and planning for the thesis suggestion based on new information obtained in this process.
It is expected that homeworks and reports are prepared in APA format in computer.

Assessment Criteria

In the final exam, 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. Özgül Karayurt. T: 0 232 412 4785 ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr
Assist.Prof.Dr. Aklime Dicle T: 0 232 412 4775 aklime.dicle@deu.edu.tr
Assist.Prof.Dr. Özlem Bilik T: 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)
lecturing 2 15 30
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles etc.) 2 30 60
Preparation to the final exam 1 20 20
Homeworks 1 20 20
Making presentation 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155434
LO.25543444
LO.355544
LO.454
LO.55545444
LO.65544
LO.7524