COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURGICAL NURSING I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 5003 SURGICAL NURSING I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Surgical Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims the student to learn the basic concepts and topics of surgical nursing and the new developments in care management in accordance with evidence base resources, standards and up-to-date guides

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student defines the role and importance of the surgical nurse.
2   The student discusses the methods and importance of surgical asepsis, sterilization and disinfection methods
3   The student explains the pre/during/ post care needs of individual/family/society in diseases requiring surgical interventions in accordance with up-to-date and evidence based practices.
4   The student discusses care management and hemodynamic monitoring in cardiovascular system surgical diseases.
5   The student explains care management in genitourinary system surgical diseases
6   The student discusses care management in gastrointestinal system surgical diseases.
7   The student explains enteral and parenteral nutrition and evidence based nursing approaches.
8   The student explains the legal and ethical issues in satisfying the pre/during/post operation care management of individual/family/society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Planning the lesson, introduction and determining needs Literature Reviews and use of evidence based guides in Nursing. Prof. Özlem Bilik Visually supported presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and answer, Clinical practice
2 Hospital-based infections and isolation precautions Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Visually supported presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and answer, Clinical practice
3 The methods and importance of surgical asepsis, sterilization and disinfection Asst. Prof. Nazife Gamze Özer Özlü Visually supported presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and answer, Clinical practice
4 Preoperative and intraoperative nursing approaches Assoc. Prof. Aylin Durmaz Edeer Visually supported presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and answer, Clinical practice
5 Postoperative nursing approaches Assoc. Prof. Aylin Durmaz Edeer Visually supported presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and answer, Clinical practice
6 Enteral parenteral nutrition and evidence-based nursing approaches Assoc. Prof. Aklime Sarıkaya Enteral parenteral nutrition and evidence-based nursing approaches
7 Nursing Care in Cardiovascular Surgery Case Study of Open Heart Surgery Coroner bypass case study Prof. Özlem Bilik Visual presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and Answer, Clinical practice
8 Midterm Prof. Özlem Bilik
9 Nursing Approaches to Day Surgery Asst. Prof. Buket Çelik Visual presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and Answer, Clinical practice
10 Nursing care and hemodynamic monitoring in vascular surgery Prof. Özlem Bilik Visual presentation, case discussion, group discussion, brainstorming, question and answer sessions, clinical practice
11 Nursing Care in Genitourinary System Surgery Prof. Fatma Vural Visual presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and Answer, Clinical practice
12 Nursing Care in Genitourinary System Surgery Prof. Fatma Vural Visual presentation, Case discussion, Group discussion, Brainstorming, Question and Answer, Clinical practice
13 Nursing care in upper gastrointestinal surgery Asst. Prof. Eda Ayten Kankaya Visual presentation, case discussion, group discussion, brainstorming, question and answer, clinical practice
14 Nursing care in lower gastrointestinal surgery Prof. Fatma Vural Visual presentation, case discussion, group discussion, brainstorming, question and answer, clinical practice
15 Accelerated surgery Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Visual presentation, case discussion, group discussion, brainstorming, question and answer, clinical practice

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resources
1. Evidence Based Nursing , http://www.science.at/journals/medicine/nurse.html
2. National Guideline Clearinghouse, http://www.ngc.gov/
3. Best Practice Guidelines, http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices
4. Cochrane Collaboration Rewiev
5. Craig, V. Jean (Ed.) The Evidence Based Practice Manual For Nurses ., Churchill Livingstone, Incorparated 2002
6. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing; http://www.nursingnetwork.com/webjournal.htm
7. Evidence Based Nursing; http://evidence.ahc.umn.edu/ebn.htm
8. Evidence Based Nursing, http://www.thequalityhospital.com/cgiwin/mercyweb.exe/n_research.htm;
9. JBI: http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php

*other resources described in the curriculum

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Case discussion
Group Discussion
Questions-Answers
Brainstorming

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + FIN*0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + RST*0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Each student is responsible for preparing, presenting, and reporting her/his topic in accordance with evidence based guide and up-to-date literature
Assignment and reports will be prepared in the APA format

Assessment Criteria

In the exam, the skills of interpreting, recalling, and deciding, explaining, classifying, integration information will be assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Özlem Bilik/ Phone: 0232 4126962
Prof. Fatma Vural/ Phone:0232 4124780
Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin / Phone:0232 4124780
Assoc. Prof. Aklime Sarıkaya/ Phone: 0232 4124751
Assoc. Prof. Aylin Durmaz Edeer/ Phone:0232 4124764
Asst. Prof. Eda Ayten Kankaya/ Phone: 0232 4126985
Asst. Prof.Buket Çelik/ Phone:0232 4126975
Asst. Prof. Nazife Gamze Özer Özlü/ Phone: 0232 4126980

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 14 2 28
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles etc.) 13 2 26
Preparation to the mid-term 1 16 16
Preparation to the final exam 1 16 16
Homework 4 4 16
Making presentation 4 4 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14434333354
LO.25534
LO.3554454454
LO.45544445
LO.55544445
LO.65544445
LO.755444454
LO.8544435

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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