COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSH 6020 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course make the students acquire deep knowledge in occupational health nursing in the formation of a health and safe working area, transfer that knowledge into application, develop program in health care management, manage it and take the lead in solution of the problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the legislations forming basis for occupational health service provision
2   Explains the management principles of occupational health nursing services
3   Explains the role of occupational health nurse in the provision of health service directed at workplace and workers
4   Knows the importance of workplace surveillance studies and applies them
5   Can identify general occupational health and safety problems in workplaces
6   Knows and applies the practices and standards directed at the management of the risks in working area
7   .Knows and uses occupational health epidemiology.
8   Explains and lists the methods of the assessing of occupational health services and assesses the results
9   Knows the developments in the provision of occupational health services

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Occupational health organization
2 Risks in occupational health
3 Risk groups in occupational health
4 Occupational health epidemiology
5 Midterm Exam
6 Risks of Health worker Blood-borne pathogens, standards
7 Needlestick and Sharp Injuries, protection, follow-up, standards
8 Other infectious diseases, standards
9 Personal protective means, standards
10 Antineoplastic agent exposure
11 Chemical risks, control, standards
12 Ergonomics and musculoskeletal system discomforts
13 Workplace stress, protection, registration
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Periodicals

AAOHN 01/04/1999
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 01/01/2005-
International Archives of Occupational And Environmental Health 1997-
International Journal of Occupational And Environmental Health 01/01/2002-
International Journal of Occupational Medicine And Environmental Health 01/01/2006-
Journal of Occupational Health 2002-
Journal of Occupational Health And Safety, Australia And New Zealand 01/02/2005-
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 01/07/2003-
Occupational Health 01/07/2002-
Occupational Health & Safety 01/01/1992-
Occupational Safety & Health Journal 01/04/2006-

TEXTBOOKS
1. ICOH, SCOHN (1996). Education and Training of Occupational Health Nurses. Report No: 7. International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee on Occupational Health Nursing.
2. Salazar M (2001). Core Curriculum for Occupational Environmental Health Nursing, Second ed. Saunders Company.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + FIN*0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + RST*0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.
In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Nihal Gördes E-Mail: nihalgordes@gmail.com Tel: 26965

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 15 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 20 40
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 2 8 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.35555555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.655
LO.75555
LO.85
LO.955