COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPERATING THEATRE NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 6028 OPERATING THEATRE NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

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

Objective of this course is to inform the students about patient care management in operating room, current practices in the operating room, patient and employee safety and ethical principles and legal procedures in line with national and international standards as well as evidence-based guides and manuals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students discuss the patient care management.
2   They explain current practices in the operating room.
3   They interrogate patient and employee safety in the operating room.
4   They explain legal and ethical issues related to the operating room.
5   They evaluate the effect of medical treatment and nursing care in the operating room.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 *Recommendations of national and international institutions concerning the roles and responsibilities of the perioperative team *Recommendations of national and international institutions concerning the prevention of surgical site infections and evidence-based studies *Patient safety in the operating room and recommendations of national and international institutions
2 *Physical Environment Safety in the operating room- Evidence-based studies, recommendations of national and international institutions *Employee safety in the operating room - Evidence-based studies, recommendations of national and international institutions *Minimal invasive surgery and nursing practices

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resource:
1. Rothrock C. R. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, fourteenth edition, Elsevier Mosby, 2010.
2. Haigh H.Perioperative standards and recommended practices. 2010 edition, AORN; 2010
3. AORN (Association of periopertive Registered Nurses) http://www.aorn.org/, Ekim 2011

Supplementary resources:

1. Smeltzer C. S, Bare B, Hinkle J, ve Cheever K. Brunner & Suddarth s textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Twelfth edition, 2010; 422-455
2. http://www. jointcommission.org/Patientsafety/ ,Ekim 2011
3. http://www.npsf.org/ ,Ekim 2011
1. Center For Disease Control (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/, Ekim 2011
2. American Hospital Association (AHA) http://www.aha.org/, Ekim 2011

*other resources described in the curriculum

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Case discussion
Group discussions
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

-Presentation skill of the student, preparation to the topic and participation in the discussions will be evaluated.
-In the final exam, the abilities of interpreting, remembering, taking a decision, explaining, classifying and combining the information will be evaluated.
(Each student is responsible of preparing, presenting and reporting his/her own topic in line with the latest literature and evidence-based resources and guides. 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 35 70
Preparation to the final exam 1 20 20
Making presentation 2 5 10
Homeworks 1 20 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.155454454
LO.25544454
LO.3555544
LO.455434
LO.555445544

CONTACT INFORMATION
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