COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Internal Medicine Nursing
Oncology Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Pediatric Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
Emergency and Clinical Care Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the student basic physiopathological subjects and concepts. In this course It is focused on thephysiopathologies of the most frequent diseases disordering the cell, organ, system functions. Students are taught about the basic physiopathological mechanisms which forms at the cell level. Students discuss on the organ and system function disorders and the symptoms presented with case examples by asking cause-effect questions. Students gain the ability in questioning the physiopathological changes in clinical situations and analyzing them by using his/her factual/conceptual learning he/she has had.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

McCance KL, Huether SE. (2005). Pathophysiology The Biologic Basis For Disease in Adults and Children, The C.V. Mosby Company, StLouis,.
3. Çevikbaş U (Çev. Ed). (2002). Temel Patoloji, Kumar V, Cortran RS., Robbins SL. Basic Pathology., Yüce Yayınları A.Ş, Istanbul.
1. Porth MC. (1998). Pathophysiolog Concepts of Altered Health States, 5th Ed., Lippincott Comp., Philadelphia,.
4. Guyton CA, Hall J. (1996). Tıbbi Fizyoloj,i Çev: Hayrunisa Çavuşoğlu, 10th. Ed., W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.
5. Kumar V, Abbas A, Fousta N, Mitchell R. Robbins (2008). Basic Pathology, 8th Ed., Saunders Book Company, Philadelphia.
6. Carrier-Kohlman V. (2003). Pathophysiological Phenomena in Nursing: Human Responses to Illness, 2nd ed., WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Questions-Answers
Group discussion
Brainstorming
Case discussion
Video/Animations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Each student will prepare a written report in APA format, explaining 2-3 discussion questions assigned in each section throughout the semester based on current literature, and submit it to the relevant faculty member online or in writing.
Assignments are expected to include:
The assignment cover page must include the Institute, Department, Course Code, Name, Student's name, surname, and number, the name and surname of the instructor, the assignment due date, and the page number.
Students are expected to explain each question in these 2-3 analytical questions using knowledge acquired from at least one primary book, one Turkish and one English research article. They may use more if desired.
The answers to the questions must address the questions "What ", "Why ", "Where ", "When ", "How ", and "How much " related to the relevant topic.
Assignments must be written in APA format.
Diagrams and images may be used, citing their sources according to APA format.
The assignment, including the cover page and reference page, must not exceed four pages.
It must include a student self-assessment.

Assessment Criteria

Which aspects of learning outcomes are assessed by which assessment criteria Assessment criterias must be associated to the learning methods.)

LO1-4 Midterm,Final;
LO1-5 Presentation, attendance to the course
LO4-5 Written homeworks answering the short discussion questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Özlem Küçükgüçlü ozlem.kguclu@deu.edu.tr Phone: 0 232 412 6966
Prof. Hatice Mert hatice.mert@deu.edu.tr Phone: 0 232 4124786
Prof. Özlem Bilik ozlembilik71@gmail.com Phone: 0 232 412 6962
Prof. Fatma Vural fatma.vural@deu.edu.tr Phone:0 232 4124780
Assoc. Prof. Aklime Sarıkaya aklime.sarikaya@deu.edu.tr Phone: 0232 412 4788

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes