COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSCULTURAL NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 6060 TRANSCULTURAL NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FATMA ŞEYDA ÖZBIÇAKÇI

Offered to

Pediatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Internal Medicine Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims to gain the student a deep knowledge and skills related to care with cultural competency using a theory- and research-based approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can analyze and use selected transcultural nursing models.
2   The student can make theory-based cultural assessment.
3   The student can explain the culture-health relationship based on research results.
4   The student can evaluate selected cultures general view of health and disease.
5   The student can identify strategies to provide care with cultural competence.
6   The student can analyze the strategies used to provide care with cultural competence.
7   The student can explain the the role of cultural diversity in nursing training
8   The student experiences the strategies used to provide equal care to community.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction
2 Philosophy of transcultural nursing
3 Cultural competence in nursing; theories and tools
4 Leininger s Sunrise Model
5 Giger & Davidhizar s Transcultural Assessment Model
6 Campinha-bacote s Cultural Competence Model
7 CONFHER Model (Fong)
8 Purnell s Cultural Competence Model
9 Papadopoulos, Tilki and Tailor s Model for Developing Cultural Competence
10 Culture-appropriate nursing care strategies
11 Examples of care with cultural competence - project presentation
12 Examples of care with cultural competence - project presentation
13 Examples of care with cultural competence - project presentation
14 Course Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Leininger, M., McFarland, MR. Culture Care Diversity and Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006.
Purnell, L. Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach. F.A. Davis Company; 4 edition, 2012.
Galanti, GA. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Weinstein, S., Brooks, AMT. Nursing Without Borders: Values, Wisdom, Success Markers. Sigma Theta Tau, 2007.
Rahman F. Islam Geleneğinde Sağlık ve Tıp Değişim ve Kimlik, Ankara Okulu Yayınları, 1997.
Bacote JC. The Process of Cultural Competence in The Delivery of Healthcare Services. 2002
Cultural Competency Education. American Association of Colleges of Nursing Bachelor level-Master/Doctorate level
Onarati MG & Bednarz F. Building Intercultural Competences. A Handbook for Professionals in Education, Social Work and Health Care, 2010, Leuven
Fromkin D, Hawass, Halevi YK, Mackey S et al. Başlangıçtan Bugüne Ortadoğu da Tarih ve Inanç, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + FIN*0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + RST*0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s interpretation, recollection, decision making, description, information combination skills shall be assessed via exams.
In the project, the student s ability to making research on the subject, analyze the subject, compare the results with real-life examples, include evidence-based applications, write and express ideas are assessed.
Participation of the student: The knowledge and experiences will be shared via participation and concepts will be discussed and absorbed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKÇI
ozbicak @deu.edu.tr 24769

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 15 2 30
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles, etc.) 15 2 30
Preparation for the midterm exam 1 23 23
Preparation for the final exam 1 23 23
Assignment 1 20 20
Presentation 1 20 20
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75
LO.85555

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