COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NURSING MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 4058 NURSING MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEYDA SEREN INTEPELER

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims to enable the student to explain managerial concepts in health and nursing services, discuss conflict and change management, evaluate medical mistakes within the context of patient safety and health objectives, improve in terms of human resources, learn nursing legislation and adapt to professional life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student understands the roles and professional characteristics of nurses in nursing services.
2   The student can determine his or her priorities when providing nursing care and obtains time management and planning skills.
3   The student can discuss conflicts within medical staff and their reasons and solutions.
4   The student understands the role of change agent and makes change plans for problems related to care practices.
5   The student can make carrier plans when preparing for the role of new graduate.
6   The student understands the patient safety and quality efforts in health and nursing services and discusses application strategies.
7   The student can discuss the concepts of motivation, job satisfaction, stress and exhaustion by associating them.
8   The student understands the nursing legislation and the Turkish Penal Code and associate them with patient safety.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HEF 3055 - Women Health and Gynecology Nursing
HEF 3057 - Child Health and Disease Nursing
HEF 3056 - Community Health Nursing
HEF 3058 - Mental Health and Psyihiatrıc Nursing

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Nurse's roles and professionalism
2 Decision making and problem solving
3 Time management and planning
4 Team collaboration, conflict management
5 Use of researches and evidence based practices in management
6 1st Midterm
7 Change management, innovation and leadership
8 Reality shock, career planning
9 CV preparation and job interviews
10 Patient safety, quality and accreditation
11 Nursing legislation and the Turkish Penal Code
12 In-service training, motivation and job satisfation
13 Stress management and burnout
14 2nd Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

The main sources:
Baykal Ü.T., Türkmen E.E (2014). Hemşirelik Hizmetleri Yönetimi, Akademi Basın ve Yayıncılık, Istanbul.
Özçelik ve ark.(2006). Hemşirelikte Haklar ve Sorumluluklar, THD yayını.
Uyer, G. (1993) Hemşirelik ve Yönetim , Hürbilek Matbaası.
Uyer G. (Ed.) (1996) Hemşirelik Hizmetleri Yönetimi El Kitabı, Vehbi Koç Vakfı Yayınları, N.15.
La Monica E. (2005) Nursing Leadership and Management an Experimential Approach, Wadsmorth Health Science.
Marquis B.L., Huston C.J. (2000) Leadership Roles and Management Function in Nursing , Third Ed., Lippinctt Williams&Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Help resources:
Health Care Management Review
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal of Nursing Management
Databases:
EBSCOHost
Elsevier E-Books Collections
Elsevier Science Direct
Medline (EBSCO)
OVID - LippincottWilliams & Wilkins

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course participation, presentation, discussion, question-answer, case presentation

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The intra-semester grade shall be calculate by taking 50% of the average midterm grade of the student and 50% of the application grade. The semester grade shall be calculated by taking 60% of the intra-semester grade and will 40% of the final grade.

Semester Grade: 60% intra-semester grade (15% of 1st Midterm Exam + 15% of 2nd Midterm Exam +30% application) + 40% final grade

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

None

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Şeyda SEREN INTEPELER
Adress: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesği Hemşirelik Fakültesi 35240 Balçova/IZMIR
Iş Tel: 412 47 84
seydaseren@gmail.com

Office Hours

It varies according to the personal program that is formed every semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Clinical Practice 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 2 14 28
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555555
LO.25
LO.355555
LO.455555545
LO.5555
LO.65555555
LO.755
LO.85