COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HOME CARE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 3046 HOME CARE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

:In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to focus on the subjects of home care concept, home care team, roles and responsibilities, organization of services, condition of national and international home care services, home care service fields, process of home care service.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can explain the concepts regarding home care services.
2   The student can explain the features of national and international home care services.
3   The student can explain the organizational features of home care services.
4   The student can determine the needs of the individual, family and society regarding home care services.
5   The student can plan home care services according to needs.
6   The student can present application samples of home care.
7   The student can discuss about the home care roles of nurses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Publicity of the Course Home Care, history
2 Team, roles and responsibilites of home care
3 Organization of home care services
4 World examples in home care
5 1.Midterm Exam
6 Condition in our country
7 Home management of chronic diseases, cancer, diabetes heart diseases
8 Cont.
9 Stome care at home
10 2. Midterm Exam
11 Home care of patients with dementia
12 Home care of paralytic patients
13 Assessment of of home care services
14 Cont.
15 Case Discussions
16 Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Erdoğan S. (2001). Process of Home Care. Training Program of Home Care Nursing, Cooperation of I.U.Florence Nightingale NHS and Eczacıbaşı health services, 1-28 January 2001, Istanbul.
2. Home Care Foundation (2008). Final Declaration of the II. National Home Care Congress,
3.Harris MD. (1994). Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Gaithersburg: Md. Aspen Publication.
4.Rice R. (2006). Home Care Nursing Practice:Concepts and Application. Fourth Ed., Mosby&Elsevier, St. Louis.
5.WHO (2002).Community/Home-Based Care in Resorce-Limited Settings:a Framework for Action. Geneva.

Other course materials: Power point presentations, sample booklets, turntables, health education CDs.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Straight narration, question answer, group study, discussion activity, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.4+FIN*0.6
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.4+RST*0.6

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

described in course

Assessment Criteria

described in course

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

described in course

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Zuhal Bahar
Office Tel: 232 4124751
E-Mail Address: zuhal.bahar@deu.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Beşer
Office Tel: 232 4124754
E-Mail Address:ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nihal Gördes Aydoğdu
nihal.gordes@deu.edu.tr
Meryem Öztürk Haney
meryem.oztturk@deu.edu.tr

Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Vural
fatma.vural@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. Murat Bektaş
murat.bektas@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Küçükgüçlü
ozlemkguclu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.155555
LO.25555
LO.355555555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.65555
LO.755555