COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF SURGICAL NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 6024 CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF SURGICAL NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Surgical Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims at making the students ready for the field lecture and practices by ensuring them to focus on the developing and changing new information on the issues of basic concepts of surgical nursing, adult developmental stages, preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative nursing and perioperative training of the individual and the family and contributing to the thesis subject in line with theory-based model.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students explain preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative nursing principles according to the adult developmental stages in line with the evidence-based approaches
2   They plan the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative training of the individual and family in consistency with the properties of the adult developmental stage in line with evidence-based approaches.
3   They examine the training needs of the individual and family in accordance with adult training theories and psychosocial concepts.
4   They discuss the care principles of the surgical nursing in line with the theory-based model.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of surgery, history, roles, and responsibilities of Surgical Nursing, conditions requiring surgery, and indications for surgical interventions Prof. Fatma Vural
2 Symptoms in diseases requiring surgery Diagnostic methods in diseases requiring surgery Surgical treatment methods, types of surgery, and evidence-based approaches Prof. Özlem Bilik
3 Characteristics of surgical wounds, healing process, and factors affecting healing in patients undergoing surgery. Analysis of the surgical patient according to stress theory. Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin
4 Examination of psychosocial concepts in patients and their families scheduled for surgery (stress, fear, death, hope, etc.) Basic concepts in pre-, intra-, and postoperative nursing care in surgical diseases nursing (environment, health and illness, health and health behavior, prevention, risk status, illness and illness behavior, the impact of illness on the individual, pain) Assoc. Prof. Aklime Sarıkaya
5 Preoperative patient preparation, nursing care, and evidence-based recommendations Patient approach during surgery and evidence-based recommendations Assoc. Prof. Aylin Durmaz Edeer
6 Post-surgical patient care and evidence-based recommendations Prof. Fatma Vural
7 General complications related to surgery in patients undergoing surgery and the role of the nurse in the management, early diagnosis and prevention of these complications. Prof. Özlem Bilik
8 Evaluation of the patient and his/her family for whom surgery is planned; education according to the characteristics of adult education before, during and after surgery and evidence-based approaches in health education Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin
9 Evaluation of the patient and his/her family for whom surgery is planned; education according to the characteristics of adult education before, during and after surgery and evidence-based approaches in health education Assoc. Prof. Aklime Sarıkaya
10 Discharge education and home care management for the patient and family who have undergone surgery The role, duties, and responsibilities of the surgical nurse in improving surgical outcomes Assoc. Prof. Aylin Durmaz Edeer

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Phipps W.J., Sands J.K., Marek J.F. Medical Surgical Nursing, Concepts and Clinical Practice. 1999, Mosby, St Louis
2. Le More Priscilla, Burkem Karen. Medical Surgical Nursing; Critical Thinking in Client Care. 1996 Addison Wesley Nursing, California,
3. * Thompson M. June And At All. Mosby Manual Of Clinical Nursing. 1989 2.Th.Edition The C.V. Mosby Company. Stlouis
4. Lewis Mantic Sharon, Collier Cox Idolia. Medical Surgical Nursing; Assessment And Management Of Clinical Problems. 1999,4.th Edition Mosby Yearbook. St.Louis
5. Evidence-Based Nursing , http://www.science.at/journals/medicine/nurse.html
6. National Guideline Clearinghouse, http://www.guideline.gov
7. Best Practice Guidelines, http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices
8. Cochrane collaboration Rewev
9. Melander, Sheıla Drake Case Studies In Critical Care Nursing: A Guide For Application And Review ., Saunders Com. 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Case discussion
Questions-Answers
Preparing training material for patient and family

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are responsable in this course for developing training material for patient and family in relation to the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods by using the innovations of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative nursing care, theories on developmental stages and principles of individual and family training.
It will be evaluated as mid-term.
- Presentation skills of students, their readiness 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 evalauted.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Özlem Bilik Phone: 232 412 69 62 ozmus3435@gmail.com
Prof. Fatma Vural Phone: 232 4124780 fatma.vural@deu.edu.tr
Prof. Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin Phone: 232 4124787 yaprak.sarigöl@deu.edu.tr
Doç. Aklime Sarıkaya Phone: 0232 412 4788 aklime.sarikaya@deu.edu.tr
Doç. Aylin Durmaz Edeer Phone: 232 4124764 aylin_durmaz@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 15 30
making presentation 1 20 20
homeworks 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 30 60
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.2554545434
LO.345454
LO.43554

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