DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Dokuz Eylül University School of Nursing, the name of School of Nursing, started education taking 50 students in the academic year of 1994-1995. In the same year started the masters degree education and gives the first masters degree graduates in 1997, the first bachelors degree graduates in 1998. With the decision of the Council of Ministers on the date of 01/08/2011, the School of Nursing closed and Faculty of Nursing was established under the Rectorship. Faculty, include one year English preparatory program and four year nursing education, was first applied program-based learning model in the curriculum in 1999-2000 academic year placed in the history of nursing education in our country. Faculty offers innovative, collaborative, inquisitive, questioning and humane approach in the universal standards to educate nurses to enhance and improve the health of the community has reached 597 undergraduate, 105 post graduate and 837 graduate in the academic year of 2011-2012. At present bachelors degree, masters degree and doctorate programs continue in the nine department.

Qualification Awarded

Nursing, Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.), Nurse

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Higher Education Council Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) with Rector determined within the declared principles and period, final registration will done with the required documents.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Regulation on interenterprise credit transfer with horizontal transitions, double major and minor between
Associate Degree and BachelorDegree programs at the higher education institutions and
Assessment Conditions on horizontal transitions determined by UniversitySenate applied for people
who want to do lateral transfer to DokuzEylül University from higher education institutions at Turkey
and foreign countries. Regulations about continuation to the undergraduate education of open education associate degree graduates and Vocational Schools applies to the Graduates of Vocational Schools in order to vertical transitions to the undergraduate programs as a continuation of their finished areas.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Grades on nursing vocational courses implemented according to the 60 % of the semester grade for success, or 40% of the final exam and the addition of supplementary and obtained from the conversion of numbers to the nearest integer. Students who has grade below 70 fails from the course and repeats all of the course. Semester grades of students study with Problem-based Learning program is obtained by the total of 40% of midterm averages and 60% of the midterm activities. Midterm activities consists of Problem based learning sessions, laboratory, practice and homework grades and their weights are given to the Dean of Faculty by the curriculum committee at the beginning of each semester and after the decision of the Board of Faculty Directors announced to the students. Student who has grade on laboratory in the midterm activities and application grade of 50 and over can enter to the final exams, a student has a grade less than 50 can not enter to the final or make up exams of the vocational courses in nursing and it is considered as failed from the course directly.
Grades in other courses implemented according to the 60 % of the semester grade for success, or 40% of the final exam and the addition of supplementary and obtained from the conversion of numbers to the nearest integer. Minimum grade of these courses is 50.

Profile of the Programme

Improve an individuals self care, strengthen individual/family/community and ensure that adequate, use the process of critical thinking in professional practice, to synthesize theory and practice, show the individual development, contribute to nursing knowledge, behaviour, attitudes and values, constitute the profile of the institution. Problem-based learning model is applied at the Faculty. There is problem/situation as a learning tool at the Problem-based learning model. This problem is related to a situation where student began to work as a nurse. Works to understand and resolve this problem allows students to use inquiry skills. Student searches for the required information in the process and finds to solve the problem. Courses using problem-based learning model is acquired self learning, inquiry, self-assessment, communication, self-evaluation, synthesis of information. Students takes an active part in learning, assessment, organizing and sharing of information processes. Problem based learning sessions router (trainer) is a member of the group and helps to the development of the students cognitive skills and the participation in the evaluation process. Trainer does not provide information as in the classical education, supports the learning of the student. There are small group sessions in the problem based learning model approach. Each problem based model learning group consists of 10-13 students and a trainer. Three problem based learning model four-hour sessions is made on each module. Scenarios that are designed for each module are given to the students. This is the students responsibility to conduct sessions. Responsibility of the trainer is to support student for learning and mentoring. Student learn group dynamics, provide constructive criticism in the process of problem based learning model. The trainer supports the student in this dynamic process.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduate students works as clinical nurse, workplace nurse, school health nurse, administrator and educator nurse in the primary, secondary and tertiary health care institutions

Access to Further Studies

May apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

In relation to the exams and course grades, Dokuz Eylül University Associate Degree, Bacheors Degree Education and Examination Regulations http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=5683 and the relevant provisions of the Faculty of Nursing and Code of practice exam http://hemsirelikfakultesi.deu.edu.tr/images/dosya-yukle/1_ogretim_ve_sinav_uygulama_esaslari.pdf is applied. Evaluation and assessment methods for each course has been defined in course description form information included that is prepared by the staff/faculty members.

Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate in this 4 year program the student must successfully complete all of the courses. To be successfull for a lecture, at least 50 out of 100 in the final or make-up exam and at least 70 for nursing vocational courses on the problem-based learning curriculum must be graded. This degree given to the students that successes all of the courses on this program, provides minimum 240 ESTC credit.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dekan :Prof.Dr.Zühal Bahar e-posta zuhal.bahar @deu.edu.tr
Dekan Yardımcısı Doç.Dr.Ayşe BEŞER e-posta ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi İnciraltı İzmir/Türkiye
Tel: +90 232 412 47 50-51 fax: +90 232 278 46 06