COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTENSIVE CARE NURSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 4073 INTENSIVE CARE NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HATICE MERT

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to obtain information about the roles and responsibilities of intensive care nursing, and the care of acute and critical diseases in line with the evidence-based resources, standards and current guidances.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can define the professional role and importance of the intensive care nurse
2   The student can array the care principles of acute and critical patients in the intensive care unit
3   The student can explain the physiopathology of acute and critical health problems that require an intensive care
4   The student can analyse the data of acute and critical patients that require an intensive care
5   The student can discuss about the importance of patient security in the intensive care unit
6   The student can explain the importance of legal and ethical subjects in the intensive care environment
7   The student can reach new information in the intensive care nursing and sustain her/his personal development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 EKG / Sinus rhythm
2 Pacemaker / cardioversion/ defibrillation
3 Thorax traumas
4 DVT, Emboli
5 Heart failure and Nursing Approaches
6 COPD and Nursing Approaches
7 I. MIDTERM EXAM
8 Aorta Aneurysms and Nursing Approaches
9 ARDS and Nursing Approaches
10 Mechanical ventilation
11 Herniations and Nursing Care
12 Anatomy/Physiology of Autonomic Nervous System Medication Estimations Medications and Nursing Practices
13 Psychosocial Problems, Emotional Deprivations and Overload in the Intensive Care Unit
14 II. MIDTERM EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resource:
1. Morton PG, Fontaine D. Hudak C, Gallo B. Critical Care Nursing 2005. A Holistic Approach. 8th. Edition.
2. Chulay M, Burns SM. (Ed.) AACN essentials of critical care nursing / [edited by] New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2006.
3. Melander SD (Ed.) Case studies in critical care nursing: a guide for application and review. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
4. Urden LD, Stacy KM, Lough ME (ed.) Thelan's critical care nursing: diagnosis and management. 5th ed, St. Louis, Mosby/Elsevier, 2006.
Subsidiary Resources:
5. Irvin RS, Rippe JM (Ed). Translated by Özcengiz D. Handbook of Intensive Care. Nobel Medical Bookstore. Adana, 2000.
6. Şahinoğlu H (Ed). Intensive care: problems and treatments. Ankara Turkish Clinics, 2003.

*other resources described in the curriculum

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually-supported presentation,
Case discussion,
Group study,
Brainstorming,
Question answer

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

(Assessment method shall correspond to learning outputs and teaching techniques being used during the course)

Assessment Criteria

The exams assess the skills of; interpretation, recall, decision-making, explanation, classification and combination of knowledge.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ö. Karayurt
ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. A. Dicle
aklime.dicle@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ö. Bilik
ozlem.bilik@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. H. Mert
hatice.mert@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ö. Küçükgüçlü
ozlem.kguclu@deu.edu.tr
Asst. Prof. Dr. F Vural
fatma.vural@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 12 2 24
Preparation to the final exam 1 2 2
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles, etc.) 12 1 12
Preparation to the midterm exam 2 3 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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