COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇSH 5010 PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING ELECTIVE 2 4 0 10

Offered By

Pediatric Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT BEKTAŞ

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing

Course Objective

This course, know palliative care purposes, philosophy and principles of palliative care team roles and responsibilities, determine to the child and family's palliative care needs, planning for nursing interventions the palliative care needs of children with pain and others ymptoms, communicate children with cancer and their parents, plan care to dying be able tochildren with cancer and their families, the families, plan care to mourning process is intended to facilitate.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Eplaintheaim of palliativecare, principles, rolesandresponsibilities of thenurse.
2   Explain in childrentothepathophysiology of physicalsymptoms
3   Planandconductmaintainthecomfort of thechildandfamilynursingcare,usingevidence-basedinformation
4   Planning andcounselingtocare of thechildandfamilyat home.
5   Planandconduct in thecare of dyingchildrenandtheirfamilies.
6   Providesupportfamilieswholostchildrento in theprocess of mourning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Thepurpose of PalliativeCare, definitionsandprinciples
2 Palliativecarenursingandstate of palliativecare in Turkey
3 NursingapproachtochildrenwithNeutropenia
4 NursingapproachtochildrenwithPain
5 Nursingapproachtochildmalnutrition
6 NursingapproachtochildrenwithNauseaandvomiting
7 NursingapproachtochildrenwithConstipationanddiarrhea
8 NursingapproachtochildrenwithFatigue
9 Nursingapproachtochildrenwithdyspnea
10 Palliativecareforthechild at home
11 Theproblemsexperienced in thecare of thechild at homeandfamilyburden
12 Spiritual care of Children
13 Care of dying child, Gooddeath / peacefuldeathconcepts, Duringandafterthedeath of thechildcare
14 Approachtofamilynursingin theprocess of mourningandgriefprocess

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brown R.T.,ComprehensiveHandbook of ChildhoodCancerandSickle Cell Disease: A BiopsychosocialApproach, Oxford UniversityPress, 2006.
2. Gibson F.,Soanes L. ChildrenandYoung People. John WileySons Ltd., 2008.
3. Foley K.M.,Gelband H. ImprovingPalliativeCareForCancer, National Academy Press (2001).
4. Pizzo P.A.,Poplack D.G., PrinciplesandPractice of PediatricOncology, 6th Ed, Lippincott, Williams&Wilkins, (2001)
5. Çavuşoğlu H. Çocuk Sağlığı Hemşireliği Cilt 1-2. Dizgi Baskı, Ankara, (2004)
6. Keene N, Hobbie W, Ruccione K. ChildhoodCancerSurvivors: A Practical Guide toYourFuture (ChildhoodCancerGuides), 2nd Ed, PatientCenteredGuides, (2006).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-and-answerliterature, self-learning, practice of area.

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

-

Assessment Criteria

Through exams; interpret, recall, decision-making, description, informationintegrationskillsareassessed.
Studentswithhomework; areassessed a subjectresearch, analyze, comparewithsamples of theworld, givingvoicetoevidence-basedpractice, writingand self-expressionskills
StudentParticipation in Lesson: Lessonwill be providedparticipationanddiscussionandassimilation of concepts

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

LessonLecturerContact Information:
Assoc. Dr. Murat Bektaş
02324124782
murat.bektas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Everyday
13.00-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Clinical Practice 15 4 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 6 90
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 254

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5
LO.6

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