COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 5102 PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM UĞUR

Offered to

Internal Medicine Nursing
Oncology Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed that the student shall know palliative care purpose, philosophy and principles as well as responsibilities of palliative care team, determine the necessities of the patient and the patient s family, plan nursing interventions directed at pain and other symptoms of patient in need of palliative care, communicate with the patient and the patient s family, plan the care of dying patient and her/his family, knows the posthumous care of the patient, plan the care of the family in mourning process

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know palliative care purpose, philosophy, principles and the nurse s role and responsibilities
2   Explains the physiopathology of physical symptoms that can be seen in the patient
3   Plans and applies the nursing care of the patient and the patient s family by using evidence-based information
4   Plans home care of the patient and the patient s family, consults.
5   Plans the care of dying patient and her/his family
6   Solves the problems that the patient or the patient s family may encounter by taking ethical and legal principles into account.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Aim, definition and principles of palliative care, Palliative care in Turkey and situation of Palliative care nursing
2 Care of Patients with Pain o Physiology of the pain o Assessment of the pain Pharmacologic treatment in pain Non-pharmacologic treatment in pain Nursing care of the patient with pain
3 Care of patients with delirium/ uneasiness/ agitation
4 Care of patients with anorexia and cachexy
5 Care of patients with nausea and throwing up
6 Care of patients with constipation problem
7 Care of patients with acid and edema
8 Care of patients with dyspnea
9 Spiritual care of patient
10 Home care of palliative care patient,Problems encountered in home care Family burden
11 Communication with Patient and the patient s family Psycho-social problems of the patient
12 Care of dying patient Concept of good/peaceful death Patient care during and after death
13 Mourning process and family care
14 Legal and ethical problems in palliative care

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mccorkle R, Grant M, Frank- Stromborg M, Baird SB Cancer Nursing :A Comprehensive Textbook, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1996.
2. Payne, Sheila Seymour, Jane Ingleton, Christine , Palliative Care Nursing,
3. McGrawHill Education, 2004 . http://site.ebrary.com/lib/deulibrary
4. Matzo, Marianne LaPorte Sherman, Deborah Witt , Palliative Care Nursing
5. Quality Care to the End of Life, Springer Publishing Company, 2005.
6. Abu-Saad HH. Evidence-Based Palliative Care : Across the Lifespan ebrary
7. Reader, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2008. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/deulibrary
8. When children die : improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families (0-309-08437-7, 978-0-309-08437-6), Field, Marilyn J. Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press, 2003.
9. Palliative care perspectives (0-19-516577-2, 978-0-19-516577-7), Hallenbeck, James. Oxford University Press, 2003


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, concept, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ODV * 0.40 + FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ODV * 0.40 + RST* 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students; defining the conditions, analyzing them, planning, deciding and conducting interventions and assessing them are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Uğur Tel: 412 6972

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Active Participation 14 2 28
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (reading course materials, essays etc.) 14 2 28
Preparing assignment/presentation 2 8 16
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

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.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555555555
LO.4555555555555555
LO.55555555
LO.6555555