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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
IHH 5005	BASIC CONCEPTS IN GERIATRIC NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Internal Medicine Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ

Offered to

Internal Medicine Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to bring the skill of managing the care of the adult individual having a complex health problem with a scientific and holistic approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Understanding basic concepts in geriatric nursing and developing strategies on caring geriatric person.
2	2. Composing new data by integrating gained data in geriatric nursing with ones from other fields.
3	3. Converting theoretic and practical data gained in expertness degree to behaviors.
4	4. Assessing data about geriatric nursing with critical thinking.
5	5. Fallowing latest developments and his/her own studies in geriatric nursing as nominal, verbal and visual.
6	6. Consider scientific and ethical values through data about geriatric nursing gathering, interpreting, proclaiming steps.
7	7. Reflecting absorbed data in geriatric nursing by using problem solving ability to nursing care.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Change in the social structure in the world and Turkey and geriatric nursing
2	Comprehensive geriatric assessment
3	Changes in the body with aging
4	Rational medicine use in elderly person
5	Management pain in the elderly
6	Communication with the elderly
7	Incontinence in the elderly and care
8	Delirium in the elderly and care
9	Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly and care
10	Diabetes mellitus in the elderly and care
11	Cancer in the elderly and care
12	Nutrition and fluid balance in the elderly and care
13	Negligence and abuse in the elderly
14	Home care in the elderly
15	Palliative care in the elderly Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Karadakovan A. (2014) Yaşlı Sağlığı ve Bakım, Akademisyen Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara.
2. Altındiş M. (2013) Yaşlılarda Güncel Sağlık Sorunları ve Bakımı, Istanbul Tıp Kitabevi, Istanbul.
3. Kaptan G. (2013) Geriatrik Bakım Ilkeleri, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, Istanbul.
4. Boltz M., Capetuzi T., Fulmer T., Zwicker D. (2011) Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Springer Publishing Company, the United States of America.
5. Mauk K. (2010) Gerontological Nursing Competencies For Care,the United States Of Amerika.
6. Eliopoulos C. (2010) Gerontological Nursing, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, China.
7. Küçükardalı Y., Terekeci H.(2009) Yoğun Bakımda Yaşlı Hasta Sorunları, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, Istanbul.
8. Gacar N. (2009). Adı Eylül Sağlık Bilimlerinde Yaşlılık, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Istanbul.
9. Anderson M. (2007) Caring for Older Adults Holistically,F.A. Davis Caompany, the United States of Amerika.
10. Gökçe Kutsal Y. (2007) Temel Geriatri, Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, written examination, case discussion, project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50+ FIN* 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.50+ RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation skill of the student, her/his preparation to the subject and participation in discussions will be assessed as the midterm exam.
The skills of interpretation, decision making, explanation and knowledge combination will be assessed in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

: ozlem.kguclu@deu.edu.tr
- Assoc. Prof. Özlem Küçükgüçlü TEL: 0232 412 69 66

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	2	15	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	2	9	18
Preparing presentations	2	15	30
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	5		5	5			5		5		5			5
LO.2	5	5		5			5		5	5				5
LO.3	5		5			5	5	5		5	5
LO.4	5					5					5
LO.5	5				5
LO.6	5											5	5
LO.7	5			5	5	5						5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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